Lachlan Thomas Doughney

University of Melbourne | MSD · Melbourne Poche Centre for Indigenous Health

In higher education, assessment is key to student learning. Assessments which promote critical thinking necessary for sustained learning beyond university are highly valued. However, the design of assessment tasks to achieve these types of thinking skills and dispositions to act in professional practice has received little attention. This research...

Over the past decade, there has been increasing attention paid to the role of assessment in higher education learning. A core message of these discussions is that the most effective way of changing how and what students learn is to change the way they are assessed (Norton, 2013). This resource on assessment for Indigenous health education is the ou...

This research paper was reviewed using a double blind peer review process that meets DIISR requirements. Two reviewers were appointed on the basis of their independence and they reviewed the full paper devoid of the authors' names and institutions in order to ensure objectivity and anonymity. Papers were reviewed according to specified criteria, in...

As a major force in the international student market, Australian universities have put in place substantial efforts to ensure that international students who have English as an additional language (EAL) graduate with the necessary skills for employment or further study. However, recent research and media reports raise doubts over the effectiveness...

This report presents the English Language Proficiency (ELP) and Employability Framework, which has been designed to inform and support higher education institutions’ (HEIs) policies and practices on ELP and graduate employability. The Australian Government Department of Education provided funding for this research in order to inform consideration o...

Under R. M. Hare's interpretation of David Hume's is-ought gap, Hume thought it impossible to deduce an 'ought' conclusion, solely from 'is' premises. Ayn Rand rejects this view. In this paper, we see both how and why she attempted to deduce such an 'ought' conclusion in her ethical theory.