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Peer reviewedHughs, Philip; Kennedy, Kerry J. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1987
In 1973 Australia established a national Curriculum Development Centre, following some extensive experiments with national curriculum initiatives. The centre was established in response to expressed public support for education and for a strong national role in education. (RB)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Government Role, National Curriculum, Policy Formation
Download full textKennedy, Kerry J.; Hopmann, Stefan – 1992
Current efforts of curriculum reform within the federal systems of Australia and the Federal Republic of Germany are examined in this paper. The hypothesis is that the federal systems of government, in which the allocation of powers is granted to subnational governments, create independent authorities and prevent the development of national…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Regulation
Kennedy, Kerry J. – 1984
This paper reports the results of a study of the implementation of multicultural education policy initiatives in Australia. An outline of the study's methods follows brief discussions of the emergence of multicultural education as a policy issue and the context of multicultural education in Australia. To assess the impact of multicultural…
Descriptors: Community Control, Cultural Context, Decision Making, Educational Policy
