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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 Case Study of Year 10 Student Interaction with School-based Design and Technology in Two New South Wales Secondary Schools(2006-12-01) Butcher, Lyndon MarkThis study has its genesis in the introduction of the Year 7-10 Design and Technology Syllabus in New South Wales' schools during the early 1990s. The change threw into sharp relief the question of how do school students engage with design? The new syllabus was influenced by an emerging literature on design methodology that was at that point unproven in school settings. This thesis explores how students conceived, organised and gave meaning to their design experiences at the time when the new syllabus was introduced. Such a focus required a research study design that evokes the richness of such experiences.
The approach drew on Stake's seven-tier model of case study. In this study the case is defied as a two site case of students' design activity in Year 10 Design and Technology elective classes, in the Australian State of New South Wales. The data were gathered concurrently from two school sites throughout a full school year, and comprised 75 separate observations, 30 exit interviews, teacher interviews and two focus group sessions two years on.
The new syllabus was focused on process (as opposed to being governed by a final product). This posed very specific challenges in relation teacher requirements and student needs. Hence a further question of importance is how do the students and teachers engage with the new curriculum and how do they 'make it work'?
The data are presented and organised in a number of forms to best portray the findings. The outcome is an impressionistic picture of a design classroom in which students and teachers take a pragmatic approach to competing demands and demonstrating how they make vital judgements about bringing a project to completion. One of the requirements in that completion in the new syllabus is an added documentation of design activity in the form of the design folio that creates tensions between process and 'making'.
A finding that emerges from the ways students worked on their projects and made sense of them is that student design activity can be modeled on a continuum, the axes of which structure and time and the regions represent their strategic approaches. Five components of design approach were identified. They were naive design, rushed design, adequate design, considered design and disciplined design. 'Considered' types of projects work well for students where both structure was high and there was sufficient time available.
The syllabus requirements seemed to impose a particular kind of structure on students' design activities that tended to formularise design approaches. This tended to invite students to engage in design in a distinctly 'considered' manner. A more common approach to design involved 'adequate' design where students did not feel so structured and were often limited by time and produced expedient results in response to design problems. A less preferred approach to design involved pressure induced by limited time. Designing within such conditions tended to bid down structural sophistication leading to a 'rushed' design approach. Students who engaged in design in this way were limited in time and felt that they had to produce something that would provide some evidence of design effort. Many described this approach as unsatisfactory and personally unsatisfying. A further approach to design was identified during the interview discussions with students and can be described as 'naive' design. Illustrations involved the childhood activities of playing with blocks, Lego and other imaginary play from their earliest recollections of designing.
Students drew on considerable freedoms within prescribed parameters of the design classroom and syllabus. While limited time and ability frequently emerged as mitigating satisfaction with their design experience, most students experienced a sense of 'flow' or engagement (working within the moment) at some stage throughout their design experience. For some this involved the anticipation of undertaking a project, for others reflection on a job well done and others still, described the making as being the point where they felt fully engaged with their design projects. The most positive experience of 'the flow' of design engagement is exemplified by one student's description of the best design experience being "just a good day in your life".
Item A Christian Approach to the Management of Stress(1986-01-01) Price, KevinStress is part of our modern lifestyle. It is one of the great problems facing individuals today. Both Christians and non-Christians find difficulty in handling the increased rate of change and the need constantly to adapt. Christianity should be able to affect the quality of relationships and lifestyle. Christian principles need to be incorporated into stress management training programs. It is the purpose of this project to find ways to manage stress effectively from a Christian perspective.
Item A Gender Inclusive Model in Theological Education for the Seventh-day Adventist Church(2007-10-01) Somasundram, DreneClergywomen in the Seventh-day Adventist Church have spoken for the first time of their theological training at a private Christian tertiary institution in Australia. A phenomenological design was utilised where Clergywomen's collective lived experience of theological education was captured and analysed. The major themes of ambivalence in identity formation, the struggle to question dominant hegemony and existence in hostile environments depict the lifeworld of Clergywomen. The findings from this investigation, together with Clergywomen's recommendations for improvements to theological training, have guided the development of a contemporary model for theological education for the Seventh-day Adventist Church. This model is called the TRI-Space Model Design in Theological Education; it embodies both gender inclusive pedagogy and thirdspace thinking - a relatively new philosophy that is beginning to emerge within theology. This model offers new directional formation that opens up new and exciting possibilities in Seventh-day Adventist institutions and the wider field of theological education. This study is pivotal for Christian educators and administrators who seek to develop and employ a holistic approach to ministerial formation.
Item A Literary, Exegetical and Theological Study of Revelation 15-16(1982-01-01) Bolst, Robert H.In studying Revelation two considerable problems emerge. Firtly, there is a decided lack of concensus among authors with regard to its meaning; and secondly, there is an apparent lack of objective controls applied in its interpretation. The purpose of this thesis is to understand the meaning which Rev 15-16 had to its initial readership, so as to lay a firm foundation for contemporary interpretation.[from Thesis]
Item A Metacognitive Program for Improving the Word Identification and Reading Comprehension Skills of Upper Primary Poor Readers(1998-02-01) Cozens, MerleThis project consisted of a pilot study to assess the effectiveness of a metacognitive approach to teaching word identification and reading comprehension skills to upper primary poor readers, followed by two investigations of effective methods for implementing the metacognitive program in the regular classroom. To improve word identification skills, experimental subjects were trained to: Consider the context, Compare with known words, and Carve up the word parts. To help monitor and control the use of these strategies, subjects were taught to: Be flexible, Look for the cues, and Ask: Does it make sense. Reciprocal teaching procedures, incorporating the above word identification strategies, were used for comprehension training.
In Study One, (conducted by the experimenter) experimental subjects were given reciprocal instruction in metacognitive word identification strategies prior to reciprocal teaching of comprehension. Subjects in the control group received reciprocal teaching of comprehension combined with traditional methods of word identification. In Study Two, the experimenter set up the metacognitive word identification and reciprocal teaching program for the poor readers in the experimental classrooms, and then gradually ceded responsibility for its implementation to the class teachers. Subjects in control classrooms received their normal word study and comprehension activities (in some cases combined with phonics-based instruction). In Study Three, school-based personnel were responsible for conducting the program from the beginning. Subjects in the experimental condition received the combined metacognitive word identification and reciprocal teaching program. Subjects in two control conditions received either normal classroom word study and comprehension activities or reciprocal teaching of comprehension combined with traditional methods for identifying unfamiliar words. Measures of improvement in word identification and comprehension, metacognitive awareness and monitoring of reading strategies, and self-perceptions of academic ability, were taken on several occasions during each study.
Results from Study One indicated that a combination of metacognitive word identification strategies and reciprocal teaching of comprehension was clearly more effective than reciprocal teaching of comprehension with traditional methods of word identification. Results from Studies Two and Three indicated that a classroom-based model of implementation appears to be more successful when teachers have responsibility for its implementation from the beginning.
The implications of these findings for classroom practice are discussed, along with the limitations of the study and suggestions for further research.
Item A Model for Church Growth Groups(1981-11-01) Newman, Raymond BruceCell groups are a feature of the most rapidly growing churches in Australia. Cell groups will probably lead to church growth for the Seventh-day Adventist Church. For this reason it has been seen as significant to develop and evaluate a model for integrating Cell Groups, renamed as Church Growth Groups, into the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Item A Narrative Ministry to a Teenage Bible Class(1984-11-01) House, MurrayProblem
The Church is failing to communicate its doctrines to teenagers in a familiar, relevant, interesting, and understandable medium. Ministers and teachers are often using abstract language which is inadequate to gain the understanding and interest of all teenagers. Adolescents are forming negative attitudes to these attempts which lead them to discontinue their affiliation with the Church.
Method
Common factors that became evident in a theological survey are established. Further input is sought from religious educators and teachers of literature on the way in which narrative functions. Adolescent needs and problems are surveyed and the fitting role of narrative to meet these concerns is outlined.
A ministry is designed to use the strengths of narrative in a way which is compatible with this theological foundation. The effectiveness of narrative is tested in relation to the regular Bible classes.
Item Adjustment of Seventh-day Adventist Couples: The First Year of Marriage(1986-11-01) Craig, RobertProblem: A serious problem facing the Seventh-day Adventist Church today is the number of marital separations and divorces occurring within the first few years of marriage, often within the first year. Much marital breakdown is due to a lack of understanding of the marital adjustment dynamics which needs to be effected early in the marriage relationship. The purpose of this research is to facilitate a correct understanding of the communication and behavioural adjustment model at work among newly weds.
Method: Biblical models of early marital adjustment were researched. These were supplemented by the writings of Ellen G. White plus a psychological and sociological survey of marriage as it applied to western culture. Two seminar programmes, each of two hours duration, were conducted to help couples understand the marital adjustment dynamics at work.
Results: During the time spent together, the four couples increased their awareness of marital adjustment. A Johari Window evaluation was conducted at the commencement and conclusion of the seminars to determine if they now had a greater awareness of the marital adjustment process. However, in this group the results were similar, perhaps, because all the couples had been well instructed with pre-marital counselling prior to marriage. The dialogue with the participants provided helpful hints, ideas and discussion that cannot be assessed in a survey evaluation. The participants agreed that the seminars were beneficial as an awareness tool to remind couples that ongoing marital adjustment is essential for a lifelong happy marriage.
Conclusion: The success of such a programme can only be assessed in the long term. It will require the nurture of the church by similar marital enrichment programmes in the future. The Seventh-day Adventist minister can help by providing skills to marriage partners.
Item An Ethnographic Study of Nursing on a Surgery Ship Providing Humanitarian Care(2021-01-01) Dawson, Sonja AnnLess than half the world’s population has access to essential health services (United Nations, 2020), the majority of whom live in low to middle-income countries (LMICs; Meara et al., 2015). The inability to access health services denies people a life of dignity. To bridge this current gap in the provision of health care, nongovernmental organisations are responding by deploying specialist, short term healthcare teams (Ng-Kamstra et al., 2016). Nurses, as the largest group of health professionals, provide care within those teams. Substantial literature is linked to nurses deployed in a disaster response situation, However, there is limited research into nurses’ roles within teams meeting a humanitarian response outside that urgent disaster context, and what their contribution brings. The purpose of this ethnographic study was to explore nursing involvement within humanitarian healthcare provision to generate insight into the area of humanitarian nursing in an acute, short term, nondisaster context and to extend the research literature surrounding this topic. The study was framed within the context of a faith-based nongovernmental organisation delivering specialist surgery on a civilian hospital ship. The aim was to advance the mission and purpose of humanitarian (nondisaster) nursing, providing a detailed description of the culture of nursing care in that setting. An interpretivist standpoint, influenced by a social constructivist theoretical position, was taken. Data were collected over 6 months, using participant observation, a reflection of artefacts, and the collective voice of volunteer nurses. Thematic analysis was conducted considering Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research (COREQ) guidelines. Findings elucidated nursing within the context of a community of nursing practice (CoNP), revealing four major themes: (1) “What drew us here?” (expressions of motivation), (2) “Who we are and how we do what we do” (expressions of engagement), (3) challenges (embracing change), and (4) development (expressions of transformation). This study contributes new knowledge by describing the culture of nursing and how nurses enact their care in a previously undescribed humanitarian context. Based on the analysis of findings, a professional practice model (PPM) named HHEALED was proposed. An in-depth application of the model was made to the specific organisational context framing the study. Recommendations arising from this study address nurses’ social and professional roles within humanitarian care that could further validate and strengthen policies and programs for the delivery of humanitarian health care for a mobile platform providing specialist surgical care.
Item An Evaluation of the State of Preaching in the Trans-Tasman Union Conference(1998-12-01) Bradford, Graeme S.In many respects it may be said that the history of the Christian church is closely aligned to the history of preaching. A study of the history of preaching would seem to indicate that where there is strong Bible preaching there are also found strong growing churches. On the other hand, history would seem to indicate that where there is weak Bible preaching there are found weak declining churches.
The purpose of this study is first of all to draw from the Bible itself a theology of preaching. After having laid out a theology of preaching, we will next proceed to examine the practice of the Christian church in regards to preaching to see how the church at large over the millennia has measured up to the biblical model. Space would forbid a thorough examination of the different eras, however a few of the more notable preachers are examined and their faithfulness to the biblical concepts are noted.
The project then moves into examining the current situation of preaching in the Trans-Tasman Union Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (TTUC). A study of the results of a survey made among the preachers, both clergy and laity, asks for their evaluation of their preaching. This is followed by a study of a survey made among the hearers of the preachers. Special note is made of any agreement and any differences between the two groups. An effort is then made to evaluate the current situation of preaching in the TTUC using the biblical pattern which has been established as the norm by which the current situation may be evaluated. Strengths and weaknesses will be noted and interest will be taken in the areas where the preachers and hearers agree or disagree. What effect the preachers are having upon the hearers and what effect the hearers are having upon the preachers are areas which will be explored.
The final area of this project is to look at my role as Ministerial Director of the TTUC in regards to what I could do to strengthen any perceived weaknesses.
Item An Exegetical Study of Romans 5:18-19(1983-10-01) Dabson, Michael D.Rom 5:18-19 raises a significant problem. Can the universal terms in these verses mean less than a universal salvation? If less than a universal salvation is allowed, on what basis is the text to be interpreted and the alternative chosen? The Reformed school of theology prefers to view justification in this passage as effective and the "all men" as less than a literal "all". The non-Reformed school by and large prefers to view justification as "potential" and the "all men" as literally all men. Another possibility is universalism. Which of the above options is preferable? Which is valid and faithful to the text? Is there another possibility other than a universal salvation that recognizes universal terms and an effected justification in this passage? The purpose of this thesis is to approach these questions.
Item An Historical Study of Christian Cosmic Dualism(1986-11-01) Roennfeldt, Ray C.Cosmic dualism presented one of the most pervasive and challenging alternatives to Christian orthodoxy from early Christian times through to the Middle Ages. Manichaeism was the most prominent sect to purposefully promulgate dualism within the Christian Church, and its success can be measured by the fact that for centuries the Church tended to label anything that seemed to be dualistic as "Manichaean". The problem for the historian is to determine whether the sects on the fringe of the Church were indeed dualistic and whether they, in fact, had any common link with Manichaeism.
Time and space preclude an exhaustive treatment of all the so-called dualistic sects. Attention has been focused on a few of the more prominent ones-the Priscillianists, the Paulicians, the Bogomils, the Albigensian Cathari, and the Waldensians-in order to give an overview of dualism from just after Mani's death through to the High Middle Ages.
Where they have been available, translated primary source materials have been used in order to give the most accurate view possible.
Item Anglo-Tongan Relations 1899-1905(1976-01-01) Priestley, RobynThis work deals with the period of maximum imperialist intervention in the South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga. It argues that the Treaty of Friendship and Protection which made Tonga a British Protectorate in May 1900, was not signed because of any concern over the welfare of the Tongans. Motivated by interest in the strategic value of the Tongan harbours Britain reached an agreement with Germany that Tonga, rather than Samoa, was a British sphere of influence. Once this agreement had been made the imperialist attitudes at the turn of the century made formal definition of British authority in Tonga inevitable. Tonga was to be a Protectorate because it was the form of control which would incur the least expense and was least likely to antagonize other powers.
Item Australians at the Kodály Institute: Reflections on the Journey(2007-12-01) King, AletaThe purpose of this thesis is to reflect upon the experiences of Australian music educators who are past students of the Kodály Institute, Hungary. Through comparison and contrast of the author’s autobiographical experience with that of other Australians this thesis reflects upon the nature of these unique journeys. This qualitative study seeks to examine the three stages (before, during and after) of the journey through analysis of selected participant’s responses to a questionnaire. Selected participants were asked to reflect upon their own experience in relation to the reasons why they were drawn to Hungary, the nature of their experience whilst a student at the Kodály Institute and how this unique experience may have affected them upon their return to Australia. The idea that both the author and participants’ journey could in fact be considered a musical pilgrimage has emerged through the course of this study. Seen in this context, the before, during and after stages of the journey can in fact be considered preliminal, liminal and postliminal stages of a pilgrimage according to anthropologist van Gennep in his well known treatise The Rights of Passage. In relation to the discussion of pilgrimage, reflections upon the various contexts the well-known Hungarian folk song Esti Dal can be found illustrates the symbolic nature of Esti Dal’s function as a token of dispensation for this author’s pilgrimage. This notion of pilgrimage is discussed in connection to implications from the research findings as follows: The idea of going back to the ‘source’ which functions as a sacred musical centre, the token of dispensation, the transformed identity of one who has completed the journey, the uniqueness of each journey and the role of personal relationships in securing tokens of dispensation.
Item Backsliding and Apostasy: A Localized Study in Suburban Newcastle(1981-11-01) Watts, Neil WilliamThis project was an attempt to assess the causes of backsliding from a local church and to implement procedures to reclaim former members. It was the writer's intention, after researching the Bible and other literature on the subject of backsliding and the reclamation of backsliders, to find from a group of such people why they left the church and then to work with the church in designing a ministry plan to reclaim as many former members as possible.
Item Cardiac Rehabilitation, Spiritual Needs and Pastoral Care at Sydney Adventist Hospital(1997-07-01) Henley, RogerThe purpose of this Ministry Focus Paper is to develop a strategy for meeting the spiritual needs of cardiac patients. Historically, spiritual and physical care have developed in separate directions, a process inimical to the care of patients as whole persons. Seventh-day Adventist theology includes a yet untapped potential to reunite these dimensions of care. Niebuhr's typology of the relationships between Christ and culture suggests that Christianity may function as the transformer of culture. This stance is used as a paradigm within which spiritual and physical care may be usefully related. It is proposed that biblical anthropology, understood through the doctrines of creation, fall, and redemption, might be developed as a uniquely Christian understanding of human beings applicable in wholistic care.
Item Christian Growth Groups(1981-11-01) Martin, Douglas R.Problem: Members of the larger churches often are deprived of the advantages of close fellowship. Consequently, they either remain in the church with social needs unfulfilled, or they seek fulfilment outside the Adventist church in ways that may conflict with a Christian lifestyle. Many withdraw from the church permanently. A Christian growth group was formed at Hillview Seventh-day Adventist Church with this problem in mind.
Item Christianity and Culture in Colonial Australia: Selected Catholic, Anglican, Wesleyan and Adventist Perspectives, 1891-1900(1991-01-01) Patrick, Arthur N.The adherents of an ideology usually possess common ideas and values, and tend to cluster together as a subculture. Consequently they often experience difficulty in relating to the wider society which exists in the same time and place. Early in its history, Christianity encountered relational problems with Jews and pagan; controversies also developed amongst rival Christian groups. The persistence of this conflict caused H. Richard Niebuhr to it 'the enduring problem'; he also identified a range of typical responses, particularly in Western civilisation. On the two extremes are those Christians who withdraw and accommodate; occupying the middle ground are dualists, synthesists and conversionists. These solutions may be held in their pure form or in a variety of combinations. They may be influenced by a range of ideas about salvation, the church, eschatology, the relations of church and state, Christian history and patterns of thought in society.
The Christianity which was transplanted into colonial Australia was derived from Northern Hemisphere denominations, and experienced the persistent effects of distance, dependence and sectarianism. Divided by national and religious loyalties and antipathies, and challenged by a desacralised society, the churches tended to develop a conservative ethos which failed to address crucial religious and social questions. Denominational attitudes toward educational, economic and political issues may be used to identify the various stances which were present in New South Wales near the end of the colonial period. Selected Roman Catholic, Church of England, Wesleyan Methodist and Seventh-day Adventists perspectives are explored in the light of Niebuhr's typologies.
The solutions favoured by theses denominations were based on teh range of factors indicated above. For instance, the uniqueness of Catholicism as the one 'true' church was strongly presented by Cardinal Patrick Francis Moran; the inclusive strength of Anglicanism as a 'comprehensive' church was fostered by Archbishop William Saumarez Smith; and the idea that their church was 'chosen' to preach the gospel and engage in a war with evil was nurtured by the Wesleyan weekly newspaper. Nominally, these three denominations included eight out of every ten people in New South Wales. In order to illustrate the deteminative role which eschatological thought may assume in a religious group, Adventist ideas as expressed by Ellen Gould White are examined in relation to her idea of a 'remnant' church.
Each denomination was strongly persuaded by the merits of its own stance, and unconvinced by the strengths of the other religious options. Thus, Christianity tended to remain institutionalised and divided; it was therefore, often unattractive to secular Australians. It seemed more appropriate for each subculture of Christians to maintain its boundaries rather than to search for and promote a coherent religion directed toward meeting the evident human needs in colonial society. The experience of Christianity in nineteenth-century Australia illustrates the power of ideas to motivate and restrain believers; it also demonstrates the continuing usefulness of Niebuhr's analysis and the necessity for a constant reappraisal of 'the enduring problem'.
Item Christology as a Clue to the Concerns of the Johannine Community(1984-06-01) McIver, Robert K.Problem: The historical background of the Fourth Gospel.
Method: Christology was both a major issue leading to a schism in the Johannine community at the time of the Epistles and a major concern of the Gospel. If the Christology of the Gospel reflects this controversy, then this controversy would form part of its historical context.
Procedure: The Johannine Epistles and Gospel are investigated independently to prevent bias.
Results: The secessionists confronted by the Epistles espouse a form of docetic Christology, while the Christology of the Gospel is formulated apparently unaware of any problem with doceticism.
Conclusions: While the emphasis in the Gospel on unity and love could easily be interpreted against a background of community schism, the different protagonists portrayed in the Gospel, and that its Christology seems to be unaware of a docetic problem, make it unlikely that the historical backgrounds are identical.