1st Edition
Changing Australian Education How policy is taking us backwards and what can be done about it
By Alan Reid
Copyright 2019
368 Pages
by
Routledge
368 Pages
by
Routledge
368 Pages
by
Routledge
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Australian education policy for the past 40 years has been heading in the wrong direction and is entirely unsuitable for preparing young people for the 21st century. Exaggeration? Sadly not. For a teacher, there is nothing more exhilarating than encouraging young people to realise the power of learning. But in our schools today, teachers spend so much time preparing their students for high-stakes... Read more
INTRODUCTION: A tale of two policy discourses
PART ONE: The current state of Australian education policy, and why it must change
1. Neoliberalism comes to Australian education
2. The damaging effects of current education policy directions
PART TWO: What are the problems?
3. Taking the public out of public education
4. Standardised testing and its problems: A case study of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
5. Evidence-based policy: The use and abuse of research
6. Outside influences on education policy
PART THREE: Changing the educational narrative
7. The perils of ignoring the purposes of education
8. Towards a process for thinking about futures for Australian education
9. Using the process: A case study of the fourth industrial revolution
PART FOUR: New policy directions for Australian education
10. New curriculum directions
11. New pedagogical directions
12. New directions in system-wide and school-based cultures
EPILOGUE: Towards a new narrative for Australian education
GLOSSARY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
REFERENCES
PART ONE: The current state of Australian education policy, and why it must change
1. Neoliberalism comes to Australian education
2. The damaging effects of current education policy directions
PART TWO: What are the problems?
3. Taking the public out of public education
4. Standardised testing and its problems: A case study of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
5. Evidence-based policy: The use and abuse of research
6. Outside influences on education policy
PART THREE: Changing the educational narrative
7. The perils of ignoring the purposes of education
8. Towards a process for thinking about futures for Australian education
9. Using the process: A case study of the fourth industrial revolution
PART FOUR: New policy directions for Australian education
10. New curriculum directions
11. New pedagogical directions
12. New directions in system-wide and school-based cultures
EPILOGUE: Towards a new narrative for Australian education
GLOSSARY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
REFERENCES
Biography
Alan Reid AM is Professor Emeritus of Education at the University of South Australia. Long recognised as one of Australia's leading educators, he has won many awards for his distinguished contributions to education, including the Gold Medal of the Australian Council of Educational Leaders.
