Despite calls for a coherent national approach to curriculum, Australian States and Territories generally have been reluctant to shed any control over matters of education. The curriculum dynamic has been further complicated by a culture of schooling that emerged from the 1960s in which school curriculum has increasingly been regarded as an area…

This book addresses the link between student learning of mathematics, the teaching method adopted in the mathematics classroom, and the assessment procedures used to determine and measure student knowledge. Fifteen chapters address issues that include a review of different models of mathematics learning and assessment practices, three contrasting…

This book presents an overview of the different policy approaches to educational disadvantage and equity within the Australian public school system. It highlights two general trends: the shift toward school-based management and funding approaches increasingly directed toward reading and mathematics achievement. More specifically, the book: (1)…