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Gurr, David; Drysdale, Lawrie; Walkley, Donald M. – Journal of School Public Relations, 2012
This article provides commentary that focuses on school-parent relations in Australia through exploration of schools in the state of Victoria across three aspects: school-parent partnership, parental involvement in the governance of schools, and parental involvement in school accountability processes. Parental involvement is typically at a level…
Descriptors: Accountability, Foreign Countries, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship
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Klenowski, Val – Australian Educational Researcher, 2012
These are changing times in Australia for teachers and their students, with the introduction of a national curriculum and standards driven reform. While countries in Europe such as England, and in Asia such as Singapore, are changing policy to use assessment in the support of and improvement of learning it appears that we in Australia are moving…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, High Stakes Tests, Accountability, Educational Change
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Schuck, Sandy; Buchanan, John – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2012
In this conceptual paper we discuss the value of doubt in teacher education for ourselves and, by implication, more broadly. We develop an argument for the value of doubt in teacher education that grows out of the recognition of the complexity of teaching. We interrogate meanings of doubt in this context and debate the value of doubt and…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Teacher Educators, Teacher Education Programs, Accountability
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Creese, Brian; Gonzalez, Alvaro; Isaacs, Tina – Curriculum Journal, 2016
This paper sets out the main findings of the International Instructional Systems Study (IISS), conducted by the UCL Institute of Education and funded by the Center on International Education Benchmarking (CIEB). The study examined the instructional systems and intended curricula of six "high performing" countries and two US states. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Educational Practices, Educational Objectives
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Lingard, Bob; McGregor, Glenda – Curriculum Journal, 2014
This paper compares two contrasting educational policy responses to globalisation in Australia: the "New Basics" experiment that occurred in the State of Queensland (2000-2003) and the Australian Curriculum, which is currently being implemented across the nation from preschool to Year 10 in English, history, mathematics and science.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Trends, Futures (of Society)
Australian Government Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency, 2019
This report describes the progress made over the course of 2018-19 to advance national action to assure the quality of higher education in Australia. It informs The Hon Dan Tehan MP, Minister for Education, the Parliament of Australia, the Australian higher education community, and the general public about the performance of the Tertiary Education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Standards, Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions)
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Klenowski, Val – Australian Educational Researcher, 2014
Drawing on the largest Australian collection and analysis of empirical data on multiple facets of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education in state schools to date, this article critically analyses the systemic push for standardized testing and improved scores, and argues for a greater balance of assessment types by providing alternative,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Assessment, Indigenous Populations, Public Schools
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Brass, Jory – English in Australia, 2015
This article offers a brief introduction to governmentality studies and the conceptual tools that it provides to help English educators recognise the ideas and practices that education policies mobilise to steer our professions towards particular values, norms and outcomes. After a short overview of governmentality, it offers a short discussion of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Government (Administrative Body), Governance, English Teachers
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Lilley, Rozanna – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2015
This article explores the pivotal role of rumour in shaping primary school choice decisions for parents of children diagnosed with autism. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with 22 mothers conducted in Sydney, Australia, this study points to the varied functions of grapevine knowledge about schools gleaned in diverse contexts, including early…
Descriptors: Parents, Children, Autism, Semi Structured Interviews
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Kimber, Megan; Ehrich, Lisa C. – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2015
Managerial changes to Australian universities have had considerable impact on employees. In this article, we consider some of these changes and apply a theory known as the democratic deficit to them. This theory was developed from the democratic critique of managerialism, as it has been applied in the public sector in countries with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Accountability, Governance
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Creagh, Sue – Journal of Education Policy, 2016
This article presents a Foucauldian analysis of the political rationalities of national testing and accountability practices in Australia, and their inconsistencies for students for whom English is a second or additional language. It focuses on a problem associated with the statistical data category "Language Background Other Than…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Teachers
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Spina, Nerida – English in Education, 2017
The global neoliberal context and the emergence of new forms of 'governance by numbers' is now recognized as a ubiquitous educational phenomenon. In this context, large-scale assessments such as are used to justify marketised ideals of education that rely on comparison by numbers. In Australia, one of the key arguments for large scale standardised…
Descriptors: Governance, Neoliberalism, Achievement Tests, International Assessment
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Treagust, David F.; Won, Mihye; Petersen, Jacinta; Wynne, Georgie – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2015
In this article, we describe how teachers in the Australian school system are educated to teach science and the different qualifications that teachers need to enter the profession. The latest comparisons of Australian students in international science assessments have brought about various accountability measures to improve the quality of science…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Educational Policy
Naidu, Sham – Online Submission, 2012
"Performativity," it is argued, is a new mode of state regulation which makes it possible to govern in an "advanced liberal" way. It requires individual [teachers] to organize themselves as a response to targets, indicators and evaluations. To set aside personal beliefs and commitments and live an existence of calculation. The…
Descriptors: State Regulation, Teachers, Evaluation, Beliefs
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Hollins, Martin; Reiss, Michael J. – Curriculum Journal, 2016
The last two decades have seen unprecedented interest in science curricula, with many governments seeing improvements in the performance of their school students in science as key to future economic prosperity. We present the results of an analysis of the curriculum documents for primary and secondary science in Australia (New South Wales and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Curriculum, National Curriculum, Comparative Education
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