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Crilley, Gary; Hogg, Josie – 1990
International sources suggest that Australian human service agencies must implement meaningful processes to meet increasing demands for accountability in service delivery. The development of adequate services for the disabled in Australia is influenced by the principles of normalization--the use of culturally valued means in order to enable,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Evaluation Criteria
Caldwell, Brian J. – 1989
This paper introduces and explores new counterpressures in educational governance, the central theme of this symposium. Drawing on research in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries, but giving particular attention to Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Canada, and the United States, this paper provides an…
Descriptors: Accountability, Centralization, Decentralization, Educational Administration
Whiteman, Peter – Online Submission, 2005
This paper reports on a study of early childhood musical identities. Participants were children aged 3-8 years and their parent(s) from three geographically disparate areas in the state of New South Wales, Australia and Hawaii, USA. Data were collected in the form of semi-structured interviews, focusing on what, where and with whom the children…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Background, Young Children, Music Activities
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). International Inst. for Educational Planning. – 2000
Improving the efficiency of schools is a growing concern of educational planners and managers in Asian countries in recent years. The seminar on Improving School Efficiency was convened in December 1998 to address this concern. Seminar topics in this book cover challenges to educational reform, including the introduction of school-based…
Descriptors: Accountability, Decentralization, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Bottrell, Christine; Ling, Lorraine – 2000
This paper addresses the issues raised in a recent review of postcompulsory education and training in Victoria. In the interim report (April 2000) it is stated that employers found that the skills of new graduates appear to be most deficient in the areas of creativity, flair, problem solving, oral business communication, and interpersonal skills.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Competency Based Education, Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education
Puplick, Christopher – Vestes, 1982
A former Australian senator notes that the growth of Australian higher education in relative isolation from the mainstream of Australian society has found the universities inflexible in face of rapid changes in political, social, cultural, and economic values, with little understanding coming from government or the wider community. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Accountability, College Administration, Educational Change, Government School Relationship

Clarke, Alex M.; Edwards, Lynn M. – Higher Education, 1980
The recommendations of a national committee on the organization, quality, and efficiency of Australian universities are reviewed. They cover accountability, flexibility, and efficiency of operation. Implications for the future of universities, especially small ones, are discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Accountability, College Planning, Efficiency, Foreign Countries

Fleming, Helen – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 1997
Explores some legal issues and principles relevant to university administrators' decision-making processes, focusing on three areas: discretion (i.e., level at which a decision is made); procedural fairness (when it is required, what it applies to, rules, and biases); and review of decisions. Emphasis is on the Australian context. (MSE)
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Responsibility, College Administration, Decision Making

Townsend, Tony – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 1996
Australians were reluctant to become involved in the school-effectiveness approach because of concerns about standardized testing procedures. Driven by economic considerations, some large-scale effectiveness research projects have been commissioned by Commonwealth and state governments. Recent reports show evidence of close links between school…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Policy, Effective Schools Research, Elementary Secondary Education

Meade, Phil – Higher Education Management, 1995
Strategies used by Griffith University (Australia) to control quality, in response to increasing external pressure for accountability, are outlined. The central strategy involves devolving responsibility to faculties and schools, who must develop plans for quality control within their own academic cultures. Barriers to implementation, including…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Administration, Departments, Educational Quality
Dempsey, Ian; Conway, Robert – Australian Journal of Education, 2005
One of the outcomes of regular education reform in Australia has been the development of a national testing program for school students. This article examines the degree to which students with a disability participate in this testing, and the extent to which the testing of students with a disability may help to achieve the National Goals of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Equal Education, Accountability, Testing
Smyth, John – Journal of School Leadership, 2005
This article provides both a critique and a more hopeful alternative to the current direction in school leadership. The central framing argument, written from an Australian perspective, is that dominant regimes of school leadership within current school reform approaches are failing because of their inability to listen to the voices of students…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Disadvantaged, Educational Change, Instructional Leadership
Mulford, Bill – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2005
This overview of some aspects of the environment shaping the direction and nature of research in educational leadership in Australia, the USA and the UK commences by outlining a number of broad societal pressures, moves to the more specific international and national governmental reviews of educational research and some responses to these reviews,…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership, Global Approach
Darmawan, I Gusti Ngurah; Keeves, John P. – International Education Journal, 2006
Currently, there has been substantial interest, in Australia and internationally, in policy activities related to outcomes-based educational performance indicators and their link with growing demands for accountability of teachers and schools. In order to achieve a fair comparison between schools, it is commonly agreed that a correction should be…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, School Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Accountability
Macpherson, Reynold J. S. – 1994
The current literature on school restructuring emphasizes cooperative learning, collaborative planning, teacher empowerment, and participative policy making. This literature tends to set aside client and technical perspectives and to exhibit a professional view, which deems accountability to be a politically incorrect issue. The literature on…
Descriptors: Accountability, Decentralization, Elementary Secondary Education, Epistemology