Copyright (c) 2009 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis Recent documents in Adrian Beavis en-us Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:07:46 PDT 3600 http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/66 http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/66 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:59:22 PDT Unpublished report to The Smith Family. Adrian Beavis http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/65 http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/65 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:59:21 PDT Unpublished report to The Smith Family. Adrian Beavis http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/64 http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/64 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:59:19 PDT REPSF II Project No. 07/006. Phil McKenzie http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/63 http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/63 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:15:48 PDT This article provides an overview of the development of a new occupational status scale, the Australian Socioeconomic Index 2006 (AUSE106). This is the latest in the series of ANU scales, which since 1965 have provided a means for researchers to convert data coded in accordance with official occupational clas- sifications into occupational status scores. The ANU scales have been widely used in fields such as sociology, education, economics and health. The new scale has been developed in response to the introduction of the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Recent changes in the structure of the labour market are taken into account through the use of 2006 Australian Census data for scale development. In addition, the naming convention of the scale has been revised in order to better reflect its nature: the Australian (AU) Socioeconomic Index (SEI) 2006 (06) or AUSEI06. Julie McMillan http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/62 http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/62 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:25:45 PDT Includes an account of development in independent schools in the United States. [ISBN: 0646008064] Adrian Beavis http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/61 http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/61 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:23:59 PDT Unpublished report by Australian Council for Educational Research. Margaret Wu http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/60 http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/60 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:22:09 PDT Unpublished report by Australian Council for Educational Research. Adrian Beavis http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/59 http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/59 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:20:56 PDT Unpublished report prepared by Australian Council for Educational Research to assist the Art project team with revision of the Arts Profile. Adrian Beavis http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/58 http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/58 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:19:11 PDT Unpublished report prepared by Australian Council for Educational Research to assist the Science Profile project team with revision of the Science profile. Adrian Beavis http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/57 http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/57 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:17:59 PDT Unpublished report by Australian Council for Educational Research. Adrian Beavis http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/55 http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/55 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:11:39 PDT Adrian Beavis http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/54 http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/54 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:10:03 PDT Adrian Beavis http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/53 http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/53 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:03:50 PDT This report describes patterns of subject enrolments by students in the final two years of secondary school and the relationship of those patterns with a range of personal, social and school characteristics. It examines the combination of subjects which students include in their programs since the package of subjects may be more influential than enrolment in any particular subject. John Ainley http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/52 http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/52 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:35:37 PDT MEd -- University of MelbourneThis dissertation evaluates LS Gottfredson's concept and graphical depiction of the cognitive map of occupations and the common cognitive map of occupations. The evaluation is guided by a revised version of Popper's argument that there are three types of existence. These he names 'World 1' (the world of material objects and processes), 'World 2' (the world of subjective experience) and ' World 3'. It is argued that Popper misconstrues World 3 by describing it as consisting of the products of the human mind. By adapting the arguments of Bhaskar, it is shown that World 3 can be interpreted as social existence. This theoretical framework shows that the cognitive map of occupations is appropriately conceptualised by Gottfredson. It indicates that the graphical depiction that she presents of the cognitive map of occupations should be regarded only as a heuristic device. When the common cognitive map of occupations is so regarded, it is argued that Gottfredson erroneously infers its existence because she uses concepts which refer to World 2 processes to extrapolate into World 3. Her graphical depiction of the common cognitive map of occupations is, consequently, also flawed. When the critique of the cognitive map of occupations and the common cognitive map of occupations is completed, new data are described and a theoretical context is developed to interpret these data. This theory starts from the critique of Gottfredson's ideas. A map of Australian occupations is then constructed. This map and related data are explored using exploratory data analysis showing the world of work may consist of subcultures related to the nature of the work environment. These subcultures are found to be internally divided along various dimensions. Despite these divisions, they have strong enough boundaries to retain their field type identity. These findings help to show that the map of Australian occupations provides a coherent view of the world of work. Adrian Beavis http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/51 http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/51 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:26:22 PDT Evidence from recent Australian research indicates that vocational and educational preferences and choices are related thematically in a manner that is well described by Holland's RIASEC themes. A recent Australia wide survey of the curriculum choices of senior secondary students showed a pattern of relationships with measured interests that was consistent both with Holland's typology and the hexagonal arrangement of interests. The reasons that students gave for their subject choices were also classified and described. Gerald Elsworth http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/50 http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/50 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:16:03 PDT Jennifer Bryce http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/49 http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/49 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:14:02 PDT In many Western industrialized countries high rates of youth unemployment have resulted in a tendency for young people to remain at school and complete post compulsory education. Education systems have established more explicit links between secondary schools and the world of work to address youth unemployment. This paper examines the links between upper secondary and tertiary level arts programs and the world of work. The paper focuses on key competencies that were listed in the Mayer Key Competencies report of 1992. Adrian Beavis http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/48 http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/48 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:11:54 PDT This paper examines the link between occupations, social status and sex composition in Australia and compares the research results with the United States and Singapore. Initially Australian census data was used to establish if a relationship existed, then occupations were grouped by the RIASEC classification system. Adrian Beavis http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/47 http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/47 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:59:04 PDT Analyses of three datasets were proposed to describe the social location of Australian occupations; the RAISEC interests of adolescent offspring in relation to their sex and the occupation of their parents, described in RAISEC terms; and Year 12 fields of study in relation to the RAISEC interests of students, their sex, and the occupational status and levels of education of their parents. F D. Naylor http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/46 http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/46 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:56:23 PDT This study investigated individual demand for tertiary education courses in Australia. Using data taken from the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre for 1994, the list of all applications to undergraduate and selected TAFE courses were factor analysed to establish if there were any patterns in these applications. The implications of the study's findings included that demand for tertiary stud seems to be driven by interest. In addition the clustering of courses identified by the study reflects the similarities students see in courses. Finally, the cluster of courses may be usefully seen as fields of study, and therefore be able to be used effectively to understand the dynamics of the demand for tertiary education in Australia. Adrian Beavis http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/45 http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/45 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:39:27 PDT The main purpose of this study is to provide an analysis of the costs of delivery of comparative accredited courses delivered in educational institutions and in the workplace. A secondary purpose is to provide a comparative measure of student satisfaction related to each delivery made.Project funded by the Commonwealth Government through the Australian National Training Authority. Adrian Beavis http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/44 http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/44 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:34:46 PDT While empirical research on school subject preferences and choices has a long history, 'interest' has infrequently been invoked as an explanatory construct. Three levels on which interest is conceptualised in educational research are identified. The most general derives from vocational psychology and may be characterised by the themes of Holland's RIASEC typology. The results of five recent Australian studies in which interests were related to school subject preferences and choices are reviewed, and a series of multi- level models of data from the most recent are presented. The models offer a coherent summary of interest - school subject choice relations and enable accurate estimates to be made of their relative importance across the curriculum fields typically available in the senior secondary years. The consistency in the results of the five studies provides strong support for the hypotheses that school subject preferences and choices are systematically related to interests, and that Holland's RIASEC themes provide a coherent account of preferences and choices across a broad range of objects, activities and contexts encountered in school and work. Gerald R. Elsworth http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/43 http://works.bepress.com/adrian_beavis/43 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:29:45 PDT The study explored the range of perceptions, attitudes, images, aspirations, plans, and knowledge of tertiary education held by groups of students in Years 10, 11 and 12, some parents, and some teachers of senior school students. Adrian Beavis