DOCUMENT RESUME ED 287 325 HE 019 324 AUTHOR Lublin, Jacqueline, Ed. TITLE Research and Development in Higher Education. Volume 7. Selected Papers Presented at the Annual Conference of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (10th, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, May 1984). INSTITUTION Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia, Sydney. (Australia). REPORT NO ISBN-909528-84-5 PUB DATE ilay 84 NOTE 299p.; For related documents, see ED 221 076-077 and HE 019 422. AVAILABLE FROMTertiary Education Research Centre, University of New South Wales, P.O. Box 1, Kensington, 2033, New South Wales, Australia. PUB TYPE Collected Works - Conference Proceedings (021) -- Viewpoints (120) -- Reports - Descriptive (141) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC12 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS College Science; Course Evaluation; *Curriculum Development; Doctoral Programs; *Education Work Relationship; *Faculty Evaluation; Foreign Countries; Graduate Study; Higher Education; *School Business Relationship; Teacher Effectiveness; Technical Education IDENTIFIERS *Australia ABSTRACT Education, training, and employment are addressed in 33 papers from a 1984 conference of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia. Papers are grouped in the main categories of professional education and the influence of industry, course development for vocationalism, teachers and teaching, learners and learning, higher degree study of graduates, review and evaluation, and preparation for a post-industrial society. Paper titles and authors include: "Representation of the Professions in Curriculum Development" (A. P. Prosser)); "Enhancing Vocational Relevance through Co-operation between Sectors: A Country College Initiative" (E. Brooks); "Joint Industry and Educationist Development of a Tertiary-Level Course for Mid-Managers in the Mining Industry" (R. Francis, C. Burns); "Middle Level Technical Training by External Study: A Case Study" (P. Clark); "Staff Development and the Socialization of Incoming Academic Staff" (E. de Rome, D. Boud); "Evidences of Humanistic Education in Vocationally Oriented and Other Australian University Departments" (J. Genn); "Students' Understanding of Science Concepts" (E. Hegarty); "An Appropriate Curriculum for Part-Time Students" (R. Landbeck); "The Education, Training and Employment of Postgraduates" (P. Nightingale); "Evaluation and the Pursuit of Excellence" (I. Thomas); "What Are Superior University Teachers' Strengths in Teaching?" (I. Moses); and "A Model for a Comprehensive Approach to the Evaluation of Teaching Effectiveness" (R. Iredale). (SW) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT in HIGHER EDUCATION Volume 7 Selected papers presented at the tenth annual conference of the Higher Education Research and Development Society ofAustralasia in Sydney, May 1984 0 /`'d9 & frO EMPLOYMENT Edited by JACQUELINE LUBLIN Centre for Teaching & Learning THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENTSOCIETY OF AUSTRALASIA. cDHERDSA 1984 SYDNEY 3 Printed by: Central Printing, Australian National University, Canberra. Distributed by: Tertiary Education Research Centre, University of New South Wales, P.O. Box I, Kensington. N.S.W. 2033. Australia. ISSN 0155 6223 ISBN 909528 84 5 HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY OF AUSTRALASIA The general objective of the Society is to promote research and development in post-secondary education, Membership of the Society is open to any person interested in that objective. Further information regarding membership of HERDSA is available from T.E.R.C., University of N.S.W., P.O. Box 1, Kensington, N.S.W. 2033, AuJtralia. ii 4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This collection of papers resulted from the Annual National Conrerence of HERDSA held in Sydney in May 1984. I would like to acknowledge the work done by the Conference Committee both in the broad organization and in the attention to detail which is required to orchestrate a successful conference. In particular I would like to thank Dr. Alan Prosser for the time and effort he spent in reaching beyond the academic community to involve practitioners and professional organizations in the conference. The other members who gave unstintingly of their time were John Byrne, Ian Dunn, Elizabeth Hegarty, Peggy Nightingale, Margot Pearson and Mike Prosser - my thanks to all of them for making it a team effort. I would also like to thank the people who typed for us, Toni Benton and Aiwyne Morgan. Jacqueline Lublin March, 1985 iii ABBREVIATIONS ABC Australian Broadcasting Lorporation ABEU Australian Bank Employees Union ACT Australian Capital Territory ACTU Australian Council of Trade Unions ANZAAS Australia New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science BHP Broken Hill Proprietary CAE College of Advanced Education CCAE Canberrd College of Advanced Education CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization CTEC Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission IEA Institution of Engineers Australia RMIT Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology TAFE Technical And Further Education WAIT Western Australian Institute of Technology Iv CONTENTS Page ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABBREVIATIONS CHAPTER 1: EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT: AN OVERVIEW 1 J. Clark Education and training for the workplace 8 Tertiary education's responses to the future needs of society - a panel di.scussion R.E. Collins 14 D. Watts 17 J.L. White 21 CRAFTER 2: PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND THE INFLUENCE OF INDUSTRY 27 C. Noble The vocational-professional bias in course development by CAEs 28 A.P. Prosser Representation of the professions in curriculum development 37 I. Turk & Vocational education for engineers 45 L. Balzer CHAPTER 3: COURSE DEVELOPMENT FOR VOCATIONALISM 55 E. Brooks Enhancing vocational relevance through co-operation between sectors: a country college initiative 57 N. Philp A flexible model for the vocational education of para-professionals by Colleges of Advanced Education 64 R. Francis & Joint industry and smducationist development C. Burns of a tertiary-level course for mid-managers in the mining industry 70 M. Adams & Experiences 'n curriculum design 80 A. Morgan P. Clark Middle level technical training by external study - a case study 89 A. O'Leary UG3s in TAFE - a Canberra experience 95 v Page CHAPTER 4: TEACHERSAND TEACHING 103 E. de Rome & Staff development and the socialization D. Boud of incoming academic staff 105 L. Andresen, Methodological issues in qualitative E. Barrett, J. Powell research: lessons from a project 117 & C. Wrineke J. Genn Evidences of humanisti; education in vocationally oriented and other Australian university departments 123 P. Oettli Old wine into new wine-skins: foreign languages at the university and in the marketplace 133 R. Newell, P. Lee Implementing resource-based education for & M. Leung chemical engineers 142 D. Sutanto A computer-based teaching system 151 D. Mitchell Assessment of students in liberal studies 156 (life skills) subjects CHAPTER 5: LEARNERS AND LEARNING 161 P. Tamir What do learning theories and research have to say to practitioners in science education? 163 E. Hegarty Students' understanding of science concepts 167 R. Atkinson & Developing distance education in Malaysia: P. Guiton a project by Universiti Sains Malaysia, Deakin University and Murdoch University J. Clift & I. Turner What role does maturity play in university performance? 186 R. Landbeck An appropriate curriculum for part-time students 193 CHAPTER 6: GRADUATES: AT THE PROFESSIONAL INTERFACE, AND IN HIGHER DEGREE STUDY 199 J. Dowsett The intern or pre-registration year 200 L. Channon Professional education beyond graduation: interviewing skills for lawyers 204 P. Nightingale The education, training and employment of postgraduates 709 vi Page D. Magin How useful is PhD training?: the views of doctoral candidates at the University of New South Wales 222 CHAPTER 7: REVIEW AND EVALUATION 233 I. Thomas Evaluation and the pursuit of excellence 235 I. Barham & R. Ross Evaluating teaching 243 I. Moses What are superior university teachers' strengths in teaching? 247 R. Iredale A model for a comprehensive approach to the evaluation oe teaching effectiveness 262 J. Kay & M. Prosser A review of a first year computer programming course 271 N. Paget An interesting bias on evaluation 280 CHAPTER 8: PREPARING FOR A POST-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY 285 Australian Bank A union perspective on the social implications Employees Union of technological change and worker rights 286 S. Smith The potential for a learning society 291 LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS 295 vii 9 CHAPTER 1 EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT: AN OVERVIEW The 1984 Conference of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia took as its theme "Education, Training and Emp]oyment", and said: This year the conference will address the difficult but timely question of how the three tertiary sectors might most appropriately respond to an uncertain future in which the major restructuring of employment opportunities raises fundamental questions about the purposes of tertiary education. The theme implied that the conference would look beyond tertiary education itself to the relationship between industry in the widest sense and the foms of educational preparation which claim to serve it. To this end we directed a great deal of effort in the pre-conference months towards inviting the participation of employers, professional sccieties and other interested parties, but with quite limited success, as the affiliations of the contributors to this volume will show.We