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Item A Case Study of Pedagogical Responses to Internationalisation at a Faith-Based Secondary School in Australia(2013-01-01) Hattingh, Sherry J.This case study investigates the pedagogical responses of a faith-based Australian secondary school to internationalisation. Using a social constructivist theoretical framework that recognises teaching as a means of enhancing and scaffolding student participation and learning, the study examines teaching and learning for culturally and linguistically diverse students. In particular, the research investigates the views of teachers about the resources needed to meet the linguistic, academic and social needs of the diverse student group emerging as a response to internationalisation. Data generated through questionnaires, focus groups and individual interviews, and document archives were analysed and interpreted using thematic analysis and social constructivist principles. The study found teachers considered themselves ill-equipped to teach international students. The teachers believed they lacked the pedagogical, cultural and linguistic knowledge to help students acculturate and learn. The recommendations of this study relate to ways the school can address the teachers’ needs within its particular context and values.
Item A Qualitative Analysis of Discipleship in the Seventh-day Adventist Church: Responses to a Global and Regional Survey(2016-09-01) de Waal, Kayle; Heise, Julie-Anne; Petrie, Kevin; Ferret, Rick; Morton, Lindsay; Hattingh, Sherry J.In 2014 the South Pacific Division1 (SPD) of the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church commissioned a research team from Avondale College of Higher Education to investigate the nature of discipleship. The aim of the research project was twofold: to provide an objective description of a Seventh-day Adventist disciple of Jesus, and to provide a criterion/criteria by which the attainment of discipleship may be measured and shared in the context of the Adventist Church’s mission. This paper reports on stage one of the project in which international and national church leaders were interviewed regarding their understanding of discipleship as articulated and applied at division, union, conference, and local levels. This qualitative data was then analyzed for common themes, areas for development, and contributions towards a description of a Seventh-day Adventist disciple. Five key findings emerged from stage one and are reported below, highlighting both strengths and weaknesses in the Church’s understandings of and approaches to discipleship.
Item A Review of Literature: What is an Ideal Internationalised School?(2016-07-02) Hattingh, Sherry J.This article presents the findings of a literature review conducted from 2005 to 2013 on the elements involved when a school internationalises. In the past there has been predominant focus on the teachers or the international students at schools with little emphasis on a whole school approach to internationalisation. This review considers the body of literature on internationalisation and synthesises the findings using a stage play metaphor to construct the ideal performance of a school-wide approach to internationalising. The first act by the school leadership is that of organising and managing the school, the second act involves the international student and their experience, and the third and final act is that of the teachers and their pedagogy. This literature review presents all the elements through the acts, key roles and essential scenes for the best performance of a school for internationalisation.
Item An Analysis of the Responses to Open-Ended Questions in the Australian Survey(2017-01-01) Hattingh, Sherry J.This chapter reports the qualitative results of two questions from a survey administered to educational workers in Seventh-day Adventist institutions in Australia. The two questions addressed the Australian workers’ perception of the mission of the church through their institution and how their educational institution is different from similar educational institutions.
Item An Analysis of the Responses to Open-ended Questions in the Solomon Islands' Survey(2017-01-01) Hattingh, Sherry J.This chapter reports the results of a survey conducted to determine how workers in Seventh-day Adventist educational institutions in the Solomon Islands perceive the mission of the church and how they believe their educational institution is different from other similar educational institutions.
Item Developing a Discipleship Measurement Tool(2016-12-01) Heise, Julie-Anne; Morton, Lindsay; de Waal, Kayle; Ferret, Rick; Hattingh, Sherry J.; Petrie, KevinThis article discusses the development of a discipleship measurement tool. It looks at existing frameworks for the development of such a tool, studies that have been undertaken in the past, the current study undertaken, and how such a study can be analysed for future advancements in the development of a discipleship measurement tool.
Publication Editorial(Avondale Academic Press, 2012-01-01) Hattingh, Sherry J.Item Education as Preparation for Eternity: Teachers in Seventh-day Adventist Schools in Australia and the Solomon Islands, and Their Perceptions of Mission(2020-12-01) Kilgour, Peter W.; Hattingh, Sherry J.; McIver, Robert K.Questions addressed in this book include:
What do teachers in Seventh-day Adventist schools in Australia and the Solomon Islands believe is their mission?
What was the original motivation that led to the setting up of Adventist schools in Australia and the Solomon Islands?
What aspirations do the current administrators have for Adventist schools?
What congruence exists between the original motivation, the current aspirations of administrators, and the beliefs of teachers about their mission?
Item Here for Good: Internationalisation(2019-06-14) Hattingh, Sherry J.Here For Good is a podcast series from leading researchers at Avondale College of Higher Education. This seventh episode features Senior Lecturer and Primary Course Convenor in the School of Education Dr Sherry Hattingh in conversation with Vice-President (Academic) Professor Stephen Currow. The topic: internationalisation. Presented by the Centre for Advancement of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and the Christian Education Research Centre.
Publication Imagine, Interrupt, Innovate: Internationalising Teaching and Learning Practice(Avondale Academic Press, 2015-11-01) Morton, Lindsay; Williams, Peter; Thompson, Steven W.; Hattingh, Sherry J.Internationalisation of the curriculum is a key research area at the intersection of teaching and learning. Increasing numbers of international students in Australian schools and tertiary institutions necessitate the reconceptualisation of curriculum to incorporate global perspectives and develop intercultural competencies of both students and teachers. Accordingly, this research project identified key discipline areas at Avondale College of Higher Education in which to perform pedagogical intervention with an internationalisation focus. Three lecturers undertook action research in the areas of Primary Education, Business and Theology, resulting in the production of culturallyinformed perspectives, increased cross-cultural awareness and the identification of areas for future research and innovation.
Item Integrating the Scholarship of Teaching, Learning and Assessment into One Institution’s Homegrown Professional Learning Resources(2018-12-01) Hattingh, Sherry J.; Seddon, Jack; Petrie, Kevin; Williams, Anthony; Northcote, Maria T.Many professional learning (PL) programs in universities aspire to support tertiary educators to perform duties associated with teaching, student learning and assessment. Additionally, because much of a university academic’s work is associated with conducting scholarly research and supervising students’ research, PL programs also need to provide support associated with supervision and research activities. Faced with these multiple PL demands, one small Australian higher education institution developed a suite of resources to support faculty teaching staff and researchers in their professional capacities using a heuristic (self-determined) approach to resource development. The content of the resources drew on the principles of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) and a participatory research methodology was adopted to develop the resources. This paper outlines almost a decade of scholarly work that has resulted in the construction of a collection of PL resources which have been developed to improve the quality of the institution’s SoTL and research.
Item Internationalising a School: Teachers Perspectives on Pedagogy, Curriculum, and Inclusion(2017-06-01) Brownlee, Joanne; Kettle, Margaret; Hattingh, Sherry J.The increase of internationalisation in Australian schools marks this as a significant teaching and learning experience for many teachers, specifically those in the secondary school. This case study of a secondary school investigated the concerns of teachers impacted by the implementation of an internationalisation policy. The study examined the teachers' responses to issues often associated with internationalisation in schools: pedagogy, curriculum and student inclusion. Four key concerns emerged in the data: (i) feelings of being ill-prepared; (ii) questions about curriculum enactment and student participation; (iii) the need for greater intercultural competence; and (iv) a lack of clarity about the relationship between language and literacy. The paper explores the implications of these concerns for teachers' practices and professional development as well as the place of international students in the school community.
Publication Make Your Choices Better than Chance: Here’s how to get it Right(Avondale Academic Press, 2019-12-01) Hattingh, Sherry J.This book is about worldviews and how a worldview affects a person’s decision making. Humans have free will and are therefore able to choose a worldview. In life, although there are factors beyond a person’s control, for example, their birth or their parents, among other things, but there are factors that can be controlled. This book focuses on what a person can choose to do and the decisions that a person can make.
Item NAD Teachers’ Understanding of What Adventist Schools Should be Doing and How Adventist Schools are Different(2019-12-01) Hattingh, Sherry J.This chapter reports the results of two open-ended questions on a survey to which education workers in Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) schools across the North American Division (NAD) of the General Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church responded. These two questions address how NAD teachers perceive the mission of the SDA Church within their school and how their school is different from similar education institutions.
Publication Visible Learning for Literacy, Grades K-12: Implementing the Practices that Work Best to Accelerate Student Learning(Avondale Academic Press, 2017-07-01) Hattingh, Sherry J.