This booklet is written for the general reader who wants to understand important trends in vocational education and training. It aims to give the reader an understanding of industry restructuring by answering three key questions: What is industry restructuring? Why restructure? How is industry restructuring achieved? The first part describes…

Drawing on evidence from literature on professional development of teachers in Australia, this document discusses the essential aspects of inservice education and provides a checklist, with illustrative applications, by which to design and evaluate inservice education proposals. The checklist is based on four sets of assumptions relating to…

An inquiry concerning education for the performing arts in Western Australia that was undertaken by the Western Australian Post Secondary Education Commission is considered, as are the resulting recommendations. Attention is directed to differences between the performing arts and other education, existing educational provisions in Western…

This account of tertiary education in Australia is part of the International Council for Educational Development's study of design, management, and effectiveness of higher education systems in 12 countries. The study provides data on institutions, enrollments, and various patterns of governance, but also provides an evaluation of the Australian…

Describes a study of 323 fifth and sixth grade students which was conducted in Australia to examine cognitive processing of gifted children compared with normal and above average ability children. Highlights include the role of planning in cognition, tests used, and a factor analysis of results. Fifty-one references are listed. (Author/LRW)

An Australian language curriculum development project is examined for insights into approaching future national curriculum development efforts, focusing on coordination and management needs and appropriate patterns for the involvement and development of teachers. (MSE)

The revolutionary library signals a new era for schools and their students. Roles are continually being redefined and services and programs are continually restructured. This paper outlines some strategies for implementing change, and challenges and inspires the teacher-librarian profession to reinvent itself. At the present time in school…

The issues of government responsibility and institutional autonomy that arise in university-government relations in the United States and Australia are discussed, and similarities in some European countries are noted. Political and market forces are examined as they affect government relations. (MSE)

Explores the concepts of multiculturalism and multilingualism in Australia against the background of population growth and change, social policies, and regional relationships. Reviews steps taken to date to give these concepts a more positive shape. (EKN)

Tertiary education in Australia, organized in three sectors (universities, colleges of advanced education, and technical and further education) have three main levels of planning--institutional, state, and commonwealth. Financial planning in tertiary education is discussed including inputs and outputs, information systems, resource planning, and…

Discusses the effects of new national economic priorities in Australia and of that country's desire for closer trade and cultural ties in the area on European minority languages and Asian "priority" languages. The article argues that equity and mobility for those with a less preferred language background are best achieved via English…

Although language policy in New Zealand is emerging piecemeal, without any clear central planning and without much of the data needed for sound policy development, political pressure from indigenous, community, and other language interest groups is interacting positively with government values and may still lead to a coherent national policy. (39…

Deliberately designing-in alternative, commercial, and future uses for new educational facilities has been utilized in a number of different projects in South Australia. Describes four facilities including drawings of the Port Adelaide College of Technical and Further Education. (MLF)

Accountability has become a politically incorrect issue because governments have encountered the limitations of simplistic market thinking while pressures for intervention in education have waned. However, accepting responsibility in education implies public accountability, which in turn requires formative evaluation, educative reporting…

The concepts of environmental education and education for sustainability have been acknowledged by many tertiary institutions for over a decade. An appreciable number of institutions have signed agreements to educate students in all disciplines about sustainability. Although several Australian institutions of higher education have signed the…