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Yourn, Belinda; Newton, Michael – Australian and New Zealand Journal of Vocational Education Research, 2002
Music education can meet the employment-related goals of Australia's revised postcompulsory education and training policy. Music educators must demonstrate how music develops skills and competencies considered important for employment so that it will not be marginalized in the national curriculum. (Contains 31 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Elective Courses, Foreign Countries, Music Education
Firkins, Peter C. – Australian Journal of Reading, 1980
A strong statement about the declining academic standards in Australian high schools and about the need for an educational system that embodies diligence and self-discipline. (AEA)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Educational Needs, Elective Courses