Tables of contents

Editorial

Marian Lewis

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An exploration of university leaders’ perceptions of learning about leadership

Glenys Drew, Lisa Ehrich and Brian Hansford

1

Successful school principalship, evaluation and accountability

Bill Mulford, Bill Edmunds, Lawrie Kendall, Diana Kendall and Pam Bishop

19

Working together to enhance school outcomes: an Australian case study of parallel leadership

Dorothy Andrews

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Leadership in a sacred house: South East Asian cultural metaphors on educational leadership

Chan Solin, Avelino Correia, Dang Thi Kim Anh, Jack Frawley, Somxay Inthasone, Dara Vone Kittiphanh, Kong Sonthara, Le Thi Ngoc Trang, Jose Mendes, Sivilay Phomachanh and Saysamone Prasonexay

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The development of professional learning and a research culture in a primary school in Melbourne, Australia

Helen Skouteris

74

Whole School Improvement Australian-style: what do IDEAS and RAISe offer?

Helen Wildy and Joanne Faulkner

83

Book Review. Leading a Digital School: Principles and Practice – M. Lee & M. Gaffney (eds)

Peter Albion

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Interactive distance e-Learning for isolated communities: starting and finishing the jigsaw

Stephen Crump and Colin Boylan

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The sound and the vision: developments in interactive distance education facilitated by satellite broadcast in NSW and the NT

Lorraine Towers and Amy Hutchinson

27

Interactive distance e-Learning for isolated communities: the policy footprint

Stephen Crump, Kylie Twyford and Margaret Littler

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Interactive distance learning technology and connectedness

Brian Devlin, Peter Feraud and Alan Anderson

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How are they doing? Examining student achievement in virtual schooling

Michael K. Barbour and Dennis Mulcahy

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Distance education: is it Art or is it Science?

Ted Munsch

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Emotional and behavioural problems in children with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder: impact of age and learning disabilities

Ana Miranda, Manuel Soriano, Immaculada Fernández, and Amanda Meliá

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Matthew effects for whom?

Paul L. Morgan, George Farkas, and Jacob Hibel

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Teacher biases in the identification of learning disabilities: an application of the logistic multilevel model

Georgios D. Sideridis, Faye Antoniou, and Susana Padeliadu

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Adolescent literacy and older students with learning disabilities

Report from the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities

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Call for papers, 31st International Conference on Learning Disabilities

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Editorial. Institutional leadership: how do we conceive learning and change?

Mieke Clement and Lynn McAlpine

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Collaborative course design: changing the process, acknowledging the context, and implications for academic development

Donna Harp Ziegenfuss and Patricia A. Lawler

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Theory and legitimacy in professional education: a practitioner review of reflective processes within programmes for new academic staff

Peter Kahn, Richard Young, Sue Grace, Ruth Pilkington, Linda Rush, Bland Tomkinson and Ian Willis

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Developing conceptions of teaching and the scholarship of teaching through a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education

Paul Ginns, Jim Kitay and Mike Prosser

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Teaching development for doctoral students: what can we learn from activity theory?

Nick Hopwood and Claire Stocks

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International perspectives on student awareness, experiences and perceptions of research: implications for academic developers in implementing research-based teaching and learning

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Research note. Pathways to the profession of educational development: an international perspective

Jeanette McDonald and Denise Stockley

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Book reviews

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