Ralph Saubern

Developing multimedia resources : personal perspectives

Heather Kaufmann et al. — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 23:13:10 PST

Three people, all of whom have been English as a second language teachers and are now working in software development, discuss how their views of language and learning have changed as a result of their involvement in the emerging area of software development.

For what will it profit a man? How not-for-profits are helping your profession

Ralph Saubern — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:19:51 PST

Organisations in the not-for-profit sector are helping educators find new ways of doing things better.

Useful assessment is timely assessment

Ralph Saubern — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:19:50 PST

testing and teaching are not opposed: testing is an integral part of good teaching.

Closing the gap : arts education on the Top End

Ralph Saubern — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:19:48 PST

In this second article of a three-part series on the work of The Song Room, the author explains how creative arts education programs are helping disadvantaged student populations in the top end.

Ping: the Web 2.0 future of education?

Ralph Saubern — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:19:47 PST

Want to see the Web 2.0 future of education? Ralph Saubern's case study of an innovative remote music education project gives us a glimpse.

Stupid gamers and terrible teenagers : uncovering authentic learning

Ralph Saubern — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:19:45 PST

Do you think game-thumbing young people are stupid, antisocial zombies, while skaters are just, well, stupid, antisocial teenagers on skateboards? It might be time to think again, says Ralph Saubern, since they’re actually engaged in authentic learning.

Hard to believe : arts education and disadvantaged students

Ralph Saubern — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:19:43 PST

In the first of three articles, the author profiles the work of The Song Room, an innovative not-for-profit organisation that is bringing free, tailored music and creative arts education programs to schools with disadvantaged student populations throughout Australia. Examples of how the program has impacted on specific schools are included, for example at Sacred Heart School in Melbourne's Fitzroy which has a number of large public housing estates, and at Heatherhill Primary School in Melbourne's south-east where 74 per cent of the students are from non-English speaking backgrounds. The Song Room is also involved in programs at Western English Language Service, a Victorian government school providing English as a second language programs across seven campuses in Melbourne's west. Half the WELS students are refugee children and the rest are children of migrants. Aims of The Song Room are to target disadvantage with participation in arts education, which research has shown has a positive impact on social outcomes such as classroom engagement, confidence, school retention rates, and educational outcomes such as numeracy, literacy and cross-disciplinary skills. Importantly, the research also shows that creative arts education can improve engagement and outcomes for the most disadvantaged, with both intrinsic and extrinsic benefits. [Author abstract, ed]

CALL and culture: assessment and response

Ralph Saubern — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:00:05 PDT

This paper discusses the Perspectives Interaction Paradigm of Squires and McDougall (1994) which is a tool that teachers can use to assess CALL and generate appropriate classroom responses.