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Illesca, Bella; Doecke, Brenton – English in Australia, 2008
This article interrogates the dominant ideology that is shaping education in Victoria at the current moment. It does so by analysing the government school publication, "Education Times," focusing on the years 2000-2003. During those years the Victorian Government invested a significant amount of money into improving the literacy outcomes…
Descriptors: Ideology, School Publications, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
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Funnell, Robert; Lee, Irene Han – Australian Journal of Education, 2007
In this paper we show that poor student performance in a rural school is influenced by the classifications used for student learning and behaviour. We propose that the institution's organisation is conveyed via a classification schema that permeates and informs judgments about student progress and holds sway over teacher cognition. Category…
Descriptors: Accountability, Rural Schools, Elementary Schools, Classification