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Publication "Coach"(Avondale Academic Press, 2014-01-01) Lee, JessicaPublication Teaching Well: Insights for Educators in Christian Schools(Avondale Academic Press, 2014-01-01) Perry, GraemePublication Teen Dreams: Avondale Alumni Publish Young Adult Novels(Avondale Academic Press, 2014-01-01) Stacey, BrentonPublication Fly'n'don't Build: What We Learned From Our Study of Development Projects in Nepal(Avondale Academic Press, 2014-01-01) Page, JoshuaEverest. Sherpas. The world’s only nonquadrilateral
flag. The country? Nepal, of course.
The nine Avondale College of Higher Education
students who visited June 17 - July 15 learned
much more about this landlocked nation,
though. Rough roads ran beside raging rapids.
Patriarchy and entrenched poverty. The caste
system, the influence of climate change both
impacting a vulnerable but proud people fighting
for a better life.
The trip served as the practical component of one of
our international poverty and development studies
units. We’d previously completed other units in the
course and prepared extensively throughout first
semester for the trip. During our month in Nepal, we
traversed 19 of its 75 districts to visit 15 villages, all
beneficiaries of Adventist Development and Relief
Agency (ADRA) projects.
Publication Acceptability of a School-Based Incentivised Physical Activity Intervention: The B-Active Program(Avondale Academic Press, 2014-01-01) Grant, Ross; Morton, Darren; Herman, WendiThe purpose of this study was to examine the acceptability to students, parents and teachers of a school-based intervention that incentivised students using prizes to be more physically active (the B-Active program). Three hundred and eighty-five children (54% boys, 46% girls) in Years 3 – 6 from five schools participated in the study. Six parents and three teachers were also interviewed about their perception of the B-Active program. Overall, the students enjoyed the B-Active program but the level of acceptability was lower for the parents and teachers. This study indicates that to increase acceptability, parents need to be well informed and engaged and teachers need to be well supported so as to not add to their administrative responsibilities.
Publication Eating Heaven: Spirituality at the Table(Avondale Academic Press, 2014-01-01) Perry, GlenysPublication Anytime Email and Work-Life Balance: An Exploration into the Views of Adventist Schools Australia Employees(Avondale Academic Press, 2014-01-01) Morey, Peter; Long, Warrick R.; Williams, PeterEmail has extended its reach beyond the traditional workplace into the non-work hours of employees, disrupting the work-life balance. What was once ‘anywhere any time’ has become ‘everywhere all the time’ (Mazmanian, Orlikowski, & Yates, 2013).
This study examines the effects of email intrusion on work-life balance from the perspective of a Christian faith-based organisation, which has the additional dimension of espousing a ‘healthy’ balance between work and life. A survey of 500 employees of such an organisation, attracting 208 respondents, found that nearly all employees owned mobile devices that enable them to access work email outside work time,and that they frequently use these devices when not at work to access work emails.
The employees perceived that anytime work emails have provided them with increased flexibility, but at the same time generated greater and frequently unrealistic expectations of them, by parents, students and to a minor degree school administrators. These employees also often felt that these anytime emails led them to working longer hours, generated a sense of being overloaded, contrary to the espoused values of a work and life balance and the importance of family.
For these employees the solution to the anytime work email intrusion and resulting stress is not some external control. To most of these employees external control would be much too restrictive and teaching was perceived to be and has always been more than just an 8.30am to 3.30pm responsibility.
Publication Launch of "Teaching Well"(Avondale Academic Press, 2014-01-01) Frame, TomPublication Teenagers Matter: Making Student Ministry a Priority in the Church(Avondale Academic Press, 2014-01-01) Gane, BarryPublication Struggling to Stay Awake: The Sleep Patterns of Adventist Secondary School Students(Avondale Academic Press, 2014-01-01) Ashton, Maurice; Pearce, Robyn; Guest, Jade; Grant, Ross; Beamish, Peter; Morey, Peter; Greive, CedricSleep deprivation studies indicate that sleep is vital to emotional, physical and behavioural wellbeing. This study presents the results of a survey in which 945 students in Seventh-day Adventist secondary schools responded to questions about the length and quality of their sleep. The study found that: almost one half of the students were at risk of falling short of the recommended number of hours of sleep per night; toward one in every five students were averaging six or fewer hours sleep per night; the quality of sleep (in terms of better sleep habits) and the resulting levels of daytime alertness were clearly linked to having a permanent, personal space for sleep; and finally that academic performance was strongly related to measures of daytime alertness and measures of the quality of sleep habits.
Publication Vision for Learning (Part I): A Tool for Educators to Assist in the Detection and Treatment of Vision Difficulties(Avondale Academic Press, 2014-01-01) Shields, Marion; Forbes, MarciaPublication Transforming Classroom Practice(Avondale Academic Press, 2014-01-01) Christian, Beverly; Hills, BreeIs it possible to link biblical principles and a school behaviour plan to encourage students to live in the presence of God?
Publication Faith Formation: Perceptions of Primary and High School Students in Australian Adventist Schools(Avondale Academic Press, 2014-01-01) Kilgour, Peter; Christian, BeverlyFaith formation is a topic of considerable interest
for those involved in Christian education. In
this quantitative investigation, 580 students
from Years Four, Six, Eight and Ten from eleven
Adventist schools in Australian were surveyed
to determine their perspectives of their own
faith formation in four areas of their lives: Vision,
Gospel, Lordship and Presence. Additional items
measured student satisfaction with their Biblical
Studies classes. The results indicated that
students, on the whole, were positive about their
faith formation. Trends revealed that younger
students overall were more positive towards
their faith and Biblical Studies classes than high
school students with a gradual decline in levels
of agreement with survey items as the Year levels
increased.
Publication Some Lessons in Leadership Learnt in My 44 Years in Education(Avondale Academic Press, 2014-01-01) Ecclestone, RossIn this brief article I seek not to canvass or decry
the latest theories of management, but to draw
together the strands of what seem to me, after 44
years, to be the essence of practical leadership.
Publication Adventist Encounter Curriculum: The story continues(Avondale Academic Press, 2014-01-01) Atcheson, Nina; Cobbin, LanellePublication Editorial(Avondale Academic Press, 2014-01-01) Perry, Graeme