Volume 37 Special Issue On Generic Competencies In Higher Education (June 2010) Generic Competency Frameworks: A Brief Historical Overview Jolee Young and Elaine Chapman Generic Engineering Competencies: A Review and Modelling Approach Sally A. Male Non-technical Skills in Undergraduate Degrees in Business: Development and Transfer Denise Jackson and Phil Hancock Problems and Prospects in Competencies-based Education: A Curriculum Studies Perspective Tom O’Donoghue and Elaine Chapman Defining and Assessing Generic Competencies in Australian Universities: Ongoing Challenges Elaine Chapman and Marnie O’Neill General Papers from Volume 37 (December 2010) Public Schools in Australia from the Late 1970s to the Late 1980s: The Seeds of Change Alan Barcan Strengthening Positive School Discipline Practices through Professional Development Michelle Marchant, Lynnette Christensen, Sue Womack, Laura Conley, and Adam Fisher Shaving Cream and Cowboys: A Descriptive Study of Play Differences between Typically Developing and Developmentally Delayed Preschoolers Melinda Rowe Online Reading Comprehension Strategies Among Fifth- and Sixth-Grade General and Special Education Students Hsin-Yuan Chen Using History to Enhance Student Learning and Attitudes in Singapore Mathematics Classrooms Lim Siew Yee and Elaine Chapman