Funding Higher Education in Australia: Is it Time to Look at Income Share Agreement as an Alternative Model
to Income Contingent Loans? ............................................................................................................................................... 1
Steven Holliday and Ergun Gide
Discipline Based Art Education as an Approach to Art Instruction: The Case of Standard Seven Curriculum in
Botswana................................................................................................................................................................................ 14
Dr Magdeline Chilalu Mannathoko
Inclusive Education and Challenges of Providing Classroom Support to Students with Blindness in a General
Education Classroom at a School in Botswana ................................................................................................................ 30
Joseph Habulezi, Odiretsemang Molao, Sandy Mphuting and Kebotlositswe Mark Kebotlositswe
Small-Group Discussion and the Development of Interpretive Strategies in Literature Classrooms: a QuasiExperimental
Study with 9th - Grade Students ............................................................................................................... 42
Agapi Dalkou and Evangelia Frydaki
Experiences of School and Family Communications and Interactions Among Parents of Children with Reactive
Attachment Disorder............................................................................................................................................................ 66
Raol Taft, Candace Schlein and Crystal M. Ramsay
The Predictive Power of Reasoning Ability on Academic Achievement ...................................................................... 79
Mehraj A. Bhat
Critical Analysis of Embedded and Summative Feedback from Online Doctoral Instructors on Benchmark
Assessments .......................................................................................................................................................................... 89
Kelley Walters, PhD and Patricia Henry, PhD
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Table of Contents
Funding Higher Education in Australia: Is it Time to Look at Income Share Agreement as an Alternative Model
to Income Contingent Loans? ...............................................................................................................................................1
Steven Holliday and Ergun Gide
Discipline Based Art Education as an Approach to Art Instruction: The Case of Standard Seven Curriculum in
Botswana................................................................................................................................................................................ 14
Dr Magdeline Chilalu Mannathoko
Inclusive Education and Challenges of Providing Classroom Support to Students with Blindness in a General
Education Classroom at a School in Botswana ................................................................................................................ 30
Joseph Habulezi, Odiretsemang Molao, Sandy Mphuting and Kebotlositswe Mark Kebotlositswe
Small-Group Discussion and the Development of Interpretive Strategies in Literature Classrooms: a Quasi-
Experimental Study with 9th - Grade Students ............................................................................................................... 42
Agapi Dalkou and Evangelia Frydaki
Experiences of School and Family Communications and Interactions Among Parents of Children with Reactive
Attachment Disorder............................................................................................................................................................ 66
Raol Taft, Candace Schlein and Crystal M. Ramsay
The Predictive Power of Reasoning Ability on Academic Achievement ...................................................................... 79
Mehraj A. Bhat
Critical Analysis of Embedded and Summative Feedback from Online Doctoral Instructors on Benchmark
Assessments .......................................................................................................................................................................... 89
Kelley Walters, PhD and Patricia Henry, PhD