1958 Beswick, D.G. and Cox, F.N. (1958) Reputed aggression and dependence in children, Australian Journal of Psychology, 10, 144-150.
1969 Beswick, D.G. and Hills, M.D. (1969) An Australian ethnocentrism scale, Australian Journal of Psychology, 21, 211-225.
1970 Beswick, D.G. (1970) Attitudes to taking human life, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Sociology, 6, 120-130.
Beswick, D.G. and Tallmadge, G.K. (1970) Study of training equipment and individual differences: Research on interactive relationships among learner characteristics, type of learning, instructional method, and subject matter variables (Supplementary Report). Palo Alto, California: American Institutes for Research, (AIR776 9/70-TR), (Report to US Office of Naval Research), 49 pp.
1971 Beswick, D.G. (1971) Cognitive process theory of individual differences in curiosity. In H.I. Day, D.E. Berlyne, and D.E. Hunt (Eds), Intrinsic Motivation: a new direction in education. Toronto: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, pp. 156-170.
Beswick, D.G. and Tallmadge, G.K. (1971) Re-examination of two learning style experiments in the light of the cognitive process theory of curiosity, Journal of Educational Psychology, 62, 456-462.
Chalupsky, A.B., Danoff, M.N., Beswick, D.G., Rodabaugh, B.J., Weisgerber, R.A., Coles, G.J., Robert, A.O.H. and Shearer, J.W. (1971) Co-operative longitudinal study of demonstration education program: Implementation phase-year number one. Palo Alto California: American Institutes for Research, 150 pp.
1972 Beswick, D.G. (1972a) How is conscience formed? A brief review of the psychology of moral development. In T.P. Grundy (Ed.), Conscience in the '70s. Canberra: Centre for Continuing Education, Australian National University, pp. 44-65.
Beswick, D.G. (1972b) In praise of varied experience, ANU News, 1-2.
Beswick, D.G. (1972c) A submission to the working committee on fifth and sixth form colleges in the A.C.T. - Some social psychological considerations, Education News, 13, 4-7. Canberra: Department of Education and Science.
Beswick, D.G. and Hills, M.D. (1972) A survey of ethnocentrism in Australia, Australian Journal of Psychology, 24, 153-163.
1973 Anderson, D.S. and Beswick, D.G. (1973) Secondary School Students Survey. In Secondary Education for Canberra, Commonwealth of Australia, pp. 126-179. 'Report of the Working Committee on College Proposals for the ACT' tabled in Parliament by the Minister for Education.
Beswick, D.G. (1973a) An Australian viewpoint on the optimum integration of study and life experience, International Association of Universities Bulletin, 21, 113-117.
Beswick, D.G. (1973b) Human relations and learning. In G.S. Harman and C. Selby Smith, C. (eds.), Designing a New Education Authority. Canberra: Education Research Unit, RSSS, ANU, pp. 30-56.
Beswick, D.G., Selby Smith, C., and Harman, G.S. (1973) Financing, control and co-ordination of post-secondary education in Australia. Paper DAS/EID/73.36 for the Conference on Future Structures of Post-Secondary Education, OECD Paris.
1974 Beswick, D.G. (1974) Intrinsic Motivation in Senior Secondary School Students, Education Research and Perspectives, 1, 15-25.
1975 Anderson, D.S., Batt, K.J., Beswick, D.G., Harman, G.S., and Selby Smith, C. (Eds.) (1975) Regional Colleges: A Study of Non-Metropolitan Colleges of Advanced Education. (3 Vols. Report to Commission on Advanced Education, Vol. 1: 646 pp, Vol. 2: 580 pp, Vol. 3: 396 pp). Canberra: Education Research Unit, Research School of Social Sciences, ANU.
Anderson, D.S. and Beswick, D.G. (1975) Dissatisfied Students: Opinions on organizational change in the senior years of secondary schools. In D. Edgar (ed.), Sociology of Australian Education. Sydney: McGraw Hill, Chapter 25 pp. 318-328.
Beswick, D.G. (1975a) Chapters in Anderson et al., Regional Colleges, Vol. 1:
5. The students perspective: Introduction to the surveys, pp. 107-147.
6. Students goals, values and preferences, pp. 148-175.
7. Expectations and realities of transition to tertiary education, pp. 176-218.
8. Residence and geographic mobility of students, pp. 219-247.
9. Vocational aspirations and socio-economic background, pp. 248-290.
10. College students attitudes to courses, lectures and facilities, pp. 291-344.
11. The effect of sex differences on students choices, pp. 345-371.
Beswick, D.G. (1975b) Chapters in Anderson et al., Regional Colleges, Vol. 3, Part II, The Bendigo Case-Study.
10. Characteristics of students, pp. 233-254.
11. Learning and teaching procedures, pp. 257-281.
12. Social impact of the college on the community, pp. 336-349.
Beswick, D.G. (1975c) Why more women are entering higher education: The psychological conditions for increased participation, Education News, 15, pp. 70-77. Reprinted in S. D'Urso and R.A. Smith (Eds.) (1978) Changes, Issues and Prospects in Australian Education, St Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, pp. 227-236.
1976 Beswick, D.G. (1976) Students evaluation of courses and teaching in colleges of advanced education. In R.K. Browne and D.J. Magin (Eds.), Sociology of Education: A Source Book of Australian Studies. Melbourne: Macmillan, pp. 381-393.
Beswick, D.G. and Rao, G.L. (1976) Cultural differences and similarities in academic motivation: A comparison of Indian and Australian students attitudes, Australian Journal of Education, 20, 184-201.
1977 Beswick, D.G. (1977) Attitudes to taking human life. In O.F. Dent, P. Kringas and S.K. Mugford (Eds), Readings in Social Research and the Life Cycle from Australia and New Zealand. Canberra: Australian National University, pp. 475-485. (Reprinted from the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Sociology, Beswick (1970)).
Beswick, D.G. and Hills, M.D. (1977a) An Australian Ethnocentrism Scale. In O.F. Dent, P. Kringas and S.K. Mugford (Eds), Readings in Social Research and the Life Cycle from Australia and New Zealand. Canberra: Australian National University, pp. 449-463. (Reprinted from the Australian Journal of Psychology, Beswick (1969)).
Beswick, D.G. and Hills, M.D. (1977b) A Survey of Ethnocentrism in Australia. In O.F. Dent, P. Kringas and S.K. Mugford (Eds), Readings in Social Research and the Life Cycle from Australia and New Zealand. Canberra: Australian National University, pp. 464-474. (Reprinted from the Australian Journal of Psychology, Beswick (1972)).
McDonnell, P. and Beswick, D.G. (1977) School effects on educational intentions in Australia, Education Research and Perspectives, 4, 1, 3-12.
1978 Bardsley, W.N., Beswick, D.G., Boreham, J.E., Dunn, T.R., McDonnell, P. and Macmillan, C.N. (1979) Recent Findings from Longitudinal Surveys of School Leavers and Young Workers in Australia. Report by the Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne, to Committee of Inquiry into Education and Training 1978. Part I (70 pp.) and Part II (95 pp.). Summary in Williams, B.R. (Chairman), Education, Training and Employment: Report of the Committee of Inquiry into Education and Training, Canberra, Australian Government Publishing Service, Vol. 2, pp. 383-412.
Beswick, D.G. and Rowan, E. (1978) Student housing needs at the University of Melbourne 1977. Melbourne: Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne, 90 pp.
1979 Anderson, D.S. and Beswick, D.G. (1979) Adolescents and School Reform. Monograph in Evaluation in Education: An International Review Series (edited by D.H. Choppin and T.N. Postlethwaite for Pergamon Press), 3, pp. 1-92.
Beswick, D.G. (1979) The Work Ethic: Some attitude studies, St
Marks Review, 1979, No. 97, 24-28.
1980 Beswick, D.G. (1980a) Colleges of Advanced Education and the next twenty-five years. In G.S. Harman, A.H. Miller, D.J. Bennett and B.I. Anderson (Eds.), Academia Becalmed: Australian Tertiary Education in the Aftermath of Expansion. Canberra: ANU Press, pp. 195-218.
Beswick, D.G. (1980b) Higher education and the rural-urban drift in Australia, Research Working Paper 80.3. Melbourne: Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne.
Beswick, D.G., Harman, G.S., Elsworth, G.R., Fallon, B.J. and Woock, R.R. (1980) Australian Teacher Educators: A national study of the views and characteristics of academic staff and practicing teachers who contribute to teacher education. Report to the National Inquiry into Teacher Education. Melbourne: Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne, 137 pp.
1981 Beswick, D.G., Macmillan, C., and Counsel, E. (1981) Experimental First Year Program in Humanities 1978-79. Melbourne: Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne.
1982 Beswick, D.G. (1982) The changing student population in Australia from the seventies to the eighties, Research Working Paper 82.9, Melbourne: Centre for the Study of Higher Education, 1982. Paper presented at the Asian Pacific Conference on College and University Administration, ANU, October 1982.
Beswick, D. and Buzzard, J. (1982) Health Service Survey 1982. Melbourne: Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne, 16 pp. + appendices.
Beswick, D. and Harman, G. (1982) Longitudinal Study of Secondary/ Tertiary Transition in Rural Communities: Final report to the Education Research and Development Committee. Melbourne: Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne.
1983 Beswick, D.G. (1983a) The changing student population in Australia from the seventies to the eighties, Journal of Tertiary Educational Administration, 5, 5-19.
Beswick, D.G. (1983b) Financial support for the young in tertiary education, Research Working Paper 83.6. Melbourne: Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne. Reprinted by DDIAE. Paper presented at the Learning and Earning Conference, Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education, Toowoomba, Queensland, 2 July 1983.
Beswick, David G. (1983c) Some Aspects of Participation. In Learning and Earning: Proceedings of a National Seminar on the CTEC "Learning and Earning Report", Higher Education Round Table (AUS, CAPA, FAUSA and FCA). Melbourne: Federation of Australian University Staff Associations.
Beswick, D., Hayden, M. and Schofield, H. (1983) Studies in Tertiary Student Finances, Volume 4. Evaluation of the Tertiary Education Assistant Scheme: An investigation and review of policy on student financial assistance in Australia. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 290 pp.
Beswick, D., MacDermott, K., Anwyl, J. and Harman, G. (1983) Principles for the Future Development of Community Colleges in Victoria. Melbourne: TAFE Board Victoria, 48pp.
1984 Beswick, D.G. (1984) Participation in Higher Education. In Education - Purposes and Content, Occasional Papers No. 9, University of New South Wales, 1984, pp. 29-31. Paper presented at a symposium on 'Education - Purposes and Content' at the University of New South Wales.
Beswick, D.G. and Harman, G.S. (1984) Australia. In J.R. Hough (Ed.), Educational Policy: An International Study. London: Croom Helm, pp. 28-70. Also available as 'Education Policy in Australia', Research Working Paper 83.7, Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne, 1983, 52 pp.
Beswick, D., Schofield, H. and Boreham, J. (1984) The participation of women in higher education: Signs of progress and regression. In C. Baldock and D. Goodrick (Eds), Women's Participation in the Development Process. Perth: School of Social Inquiry, Murdoch University, pp. 114-137. Proceedings of the Women's Studies Section, 53rd ANZAAS Congress. Also available as Research Working Paper 83.1, Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne.
Beswick, D., Schofield, H. and Garton, R. (1984) Students in Colleges and Halls of Residence Affiliated with Australian Universities. Melbourne: Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne, 89 pp.
1985 Beswick, D.G. (1985a) Family support for students - expectations and realities, Research Working Paper 85.1. Melbourne: Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne, 40 pp.
Beswick, D.G. (1985b) Current issues in student selection, Research Working Paper 85.2. Melbourne: Centre for the Study of Higher Education, 31pp. Paper presented at the Minister's seminar on the Role of Universities and Colleges of Advanced Education in Developing the new Victorian Certificate of Education at the Institute of Educational Administration, Geelong, Victoria, November 1985.
Beswick, D.G. (1985c) Trends in Australian higher education research: A general review, Research Working Paper 85.3. Melbourne: Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne, 45pp. (Also Occasional Paper #49, Center for studies in Higher Education, University of California, Berkeley, 1986, and in J. P. Keeves (ed.), Australian Education: Review of Recent Research. Sydney: George Allen and Unwin, 205-238, 1987, and in Studies in Higher Education, (1987).
Beswick, D.G. (1985d) Current issues in the diversification of student selection processes, Youth Studies Bulletin, 4(4), 57-65.
Beswick, D. and Boreham, J. (1985) Women's success and perspective on careers, Research Working Paper 85.4. Melbourne: CSHE, 24pp. Paper presented at AARE Annual Conference, Hobart.
Beswick, D.G., Schofield, H.S., Meek, V.L., and Masters, G. (1985) Selective Admissions under Pressure: An evaluation and development study of alternatives in student selection at the University of Melbourne. Melbourne: Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne, 231 pp.
Harman, G.S, Beswick, D.G., Schofield, H.S. (1985) The Amalgamation of Colleges of Advanced Education at Ballarat and Bendigo. Melbourne: Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne, 279 pp.
Ramsden, P., Beswick, D.G., and Bowden, J.A. (1985) Do learning skills interventions have any effect on student learning?, Research Working Paper 85.5. Melbourne: CSHE, University of Melbourne, 13 pp.
1986 Beswick, D.G. (1986) The Victorian State funding initiative, The Australian Universities' Review, 29 (1), 32-33.
Beswick, D. and Boreham, J. (1986) Development of scientific interests and competence, Research Working Paper 86.1. Melbourne: CSHE, University of Melbourne, 56 pp. Paper presented at the 53rd ANZAAS Congress, Perth, May 1983.
Beswick, D. and Masters, G. (1986) The Use of Reference Tests in College and University Student Selection. Melbourne: CSHE, University of Melbourne, 78 pp.
Masters, G.N. and Beswick, D.G. (1986) The Construction of Tertiary Entrance Scores: Principles and Issues. Melbourne: CSHE, University of Melbourne, 187 pp.
Ramsden, P., Beswick, D. and Bowden, J.A. (1986) Effects of learning skills interventions on first year students' learning, Human Learning, 5(3), 151-164.
1987 Beswick, D. (1987a) Trends in Higher Education. In J. P. Keeves (Ed. for the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia), Australian Education: Review of Recent Research, Sydney, Allen and Unwin, pp 205-238. Also published as Trends in Australian Higher Education Research: a general review, in Studies in Higher Education, 12, 129 - 155.
Beswick, D.G. (1987b) Current issues in selection,
Journal of Tertiary Educational Administration. 9, 5 - 32.
Beswick, D. and Ramsden, P. (1987a) How to Promote Learning with Understanding, Research Working Paper 87.1 CSHE, University of Melbourne, 24 pp.
Beswick, D. and Ramsden, P. (1987b) Curiosity and Learning with Understanding. Journal of Higher Education (India). 13, 26-43
Ramsden, P., Beswick, D. and Bowden, J. (1987) Learning Processes and Learning Skills. In J. A. E. Richardson, M. W. Eyesenck and D. Warren Piper, Student Learning: Research in Education and Cognitive Psychology. Milton Keynes, UK, the Society for Research in Higher Education and Open University Press, 1987, pp 168 - 176.
Beswick, D. (1987c) Emerging Themes in the Discussion of Private Initiatives in Higher Education in Australia, concluding summary chapter in D. Jones and J. Anwyl (Eds) Privatizing Higher Education: A New Australian Issue. Parkville, Vic.: CSHE, University of Melbourne, 1987. pp 119 -137.
Beswick, D. G., (1987d) Prospects for the 1990s: A New Phase of development in Australian Higher Education, In T. B. Millar (Ed) Higher Education Policy in Britain and Australia, Australian Studies Centre, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, 1987, pp 99-110. Also Research Working Paper 87.17. CSHE, University of Melbourne, 1987, and in The Higher Education Quarterly, 1988, 42, 162-178.
Beswick, D. G. (1987e) The Role of Government in Australian Higher Education. A paper presented at the Fourth International Seminar on Higher Education in Asia, Hiroshima, Japan, November, 1987. Published in The Role of Government in Asian Higher Education Systems: Issues and Prospects, Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University, 1988, pp 95-114.
1988 Poole, M. E. and Beswick, D. G. (1988a) Marriage and Family Orientations: The Perceptions of Life Track Possibilities by Young Australian Women. In Gilah C. Leder and Shirley N. Sampson (Eds.) Girls and Education: Practice and Research, Allen and Unwin, 1989.
Poole, M.E. and Beswick, D.G. (1988b) The Transition from Matriculation to Professional Employment: Intra-Personal Variables influencing the Career and Family Orientations of Young Australian Women. A paper for the International Congress of Psychology, Sydney, August 1988; submitted to the Journal of Vocational Behaviour.
Beswick, D., Julian, J. and Macmillan, C. (1988) A National Survey of Engineering Students and Graduates. In (Williams, B., Chairman) Review of the Discipline of Engineering, Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. Vol. 3, pp 39-105.
Beswick, D. (1988a) The Outreach of Australian Higher Educational Institutions. A paper presented at the Conference on Australian and New Zealand Higher Education, Pennsylvania State University, May 1988. Published in Higher Education and Social Goals in Australia and New Zealand: A Conference Summary, Edited by William Toombs and Grant Harman: Armidale, NSW, Department of Administrative and Higher Education Studies, University of New England and Australia-New Zealand Studies Center, The Pennsylvania State University. pp 95-117.
Beswick, D. (1988b) Academic Motivation and Management of Incentives. A paper for the annual conference of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia, Melbourne, May 1988. Short version to be published in the Proceedings.
Beswick, D. (1988c) Special Admissions and General Principles. A paper for the annual conference of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia, Melbourne, May 1988. Short version to be published in the Proceedings.
1989 Beswick, D. `The Idea of a University' and Alumni Relations. In D. R. Jones (Ed.) New School Ties: Alumni in the governance and finance of universities, colleges, and schools: Armidale, NSW, Department of Administrative and Higher Education Studies, University of New England, 1989, pp 77-87.