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McCulla, Norman; Gereige-Hinson, Josephine – Journal of In-service Education, 2005
The extent of the human and financial resources that teachers have access to for their professional development, and the extent to which they have the capacity to determine when, how and with whom learning takes place, are key factors in determining the quality of professional learning that results. The New South Wales Department of Education and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Accountability, Professional Development
Whitehead, Kay – Middle School Journal (J3), 2005
In this article, the author first reviews a range of concerns about middle schooling in America, most of which are shown to have salience in Australia, to provide a context for a more detailed examination of integrated curriculum as a significant issue in contemporary middle schooling. Two examples of integrated curriculum in the Australian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Integrated Curriculum, Middle Schools, Accountability
Besley, A. C.; Peters, Michael A. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2006
This article provides a critical discussion of the neoliberal reforms of higher education focusing on new managerialism and New Public Management. It also distinguishes between democratic and market accountability regimes, examining how the former arise from classical liberalism and the latter from neoliberalism. The article then examines…
Descriptors: Quality Control, Educational Change, Political Attitudes, Accountability

Nelson, John S. – Australian Journal of Education, 1987
Australian teachers' legal liability for damage suffered by students because of incompetent or careless teaching is examined and compared with the American situation. Educational negligence is discussed as an emerging dimension to the movement toward accountability for educational outcomes. Teachers are warned to eliminate practices that may…
Descriptors: Accountability, Competence, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education
Goodwin, G. L. – South Australian Science Teachers Journal, 1976
Presented is a discussion of the change in the assessment of education in Australian schools from a system external to the schools to one internal to the schools. (SL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy
Hamilton, W. – Journal of Tertiary Educational Administration, 1980
Australia and Canada share a current public malaise about the role and future of higher education. Studies of public opinion suggest ambivalence about university performance; suggests administrators should spend their effort appealing for public understanding and support. (MSE)
Descriptors: Accountability, Comparative Education, Declining Enrollment, Educational Trends
Lindsay, Alan; O'Byrne, Garry – Vestes, 1979
The concept of accountability and its application to Australian higher education are discussed. It is suggested that due to political, financial, and educational characteristics of tertiary education at the national system level there are fundamental and insoluble problems associated with achieving accountability. (SF)
Descriptors: Accountability, College Planning, Educational Administration, Educational Quality
Brown, Nicholas – Australian Universities' Review, 1991
Critics of recent Australian higher education policy emphasizing accountability appears to be motivated less by fear of external scrutiny than by concern about examination of higher education's internal values and functions, particularly in the potential for conflict between liberal arts and applied and technical education. (MSE)
Descriptors: Accountability, College Role, Educational Attitudes, Educational Philosophy
Halse, Christine – International Journal of Educational Research, 2004
Interview participants comprised a purposive, theoretical sample of 10 senior education policy leaders from across Australia. Participants argued that the current bureaucratic organization of schooling would persist in the future because of intensifying pressure for schools to satisfy diverse political priorities; current funding arrangements had…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Trends, Futures (of Society)
Meadmore, Daphne; Meadmore, Peter – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2004
This paper examines how prominent private schools in Australia are performing in a market context according to the tenets of performativity. From a discourse analysis of promotional materials that include prospectuses, advertisements, and school publications, it considers the "value-addedness" that these schools purport to offer. In this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Private Schools, Accountability, Reputation
van Rhyn, Dianne; Holloway, David A. – Australian Universities' Review, 2004
Universities in Australia, as part of the public sector and reliant on public funding, are increasingly the subject of pressure for greater accountability and organisational change. The role of senior managers in the sector is often to be change agents and to manage the change process effectively. However the implementation of any change envisaged…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Organizational Change, Foreign Countries, Public Sector
Scott, Roger – Australian Universities' Review, 2004
The more immediate context of the events the author describes in this article is needed in order to identify the policy framework within which the Australian National University (ANU)-Canberra CAE (CCAE) merger was placed as a component of a wider public policy initiative undertaken by John Dawkins. There were four major components in that wider…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Politics of Education, Public Policy, Foreign Countries
Schutz, Gabriela; West, Martin R.; Wobmann, Ludger – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2007
School systems aspire to provide equal opportunity for all, irrespective of socio-economic status (SES). Much of the criticism of recent school reforms that introduce accountability, autonomy, and choice emphasizes their potentially negative consequences for equity. This report provides new evidence on how national features of accountability,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Exit Examinations, Foreign Countries, Accountability
Leggett, Monica; Bunker, Alison – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2006
The teaching portfolio has been proposed as a useful management tool for monitoring and improving teaching. It is one of the accountability mechanisms that universities have introduced in a market-oriented environment. However, there has been considerable resistance to the compulsory introduction of teaching portfolios from a wide range of…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Instructional Materials, Classroom Techniques, Accountability
Gurr, David – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2007
School education in Australia is a complex interplay between federal and state governments, and between government and non-government schools. This article explores the supervision of schools in Australia through school accountability systems. Utilising publicly available documents a systematic analysis of the state and territory systems for…
Descriptors: Quality Control, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Educational Quality