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1 online resource (xv, 286 pages) |
Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables ; List of Acronyms ; Preface ; PART I THE SETTING ; 1 Education in Australia ; EDUCATION AND TRAINING; SYSTEM AND STRUCTURE; MONEY AND POWER; EDUCATION AND WORK; THE CONFLICTING ROLES OF EDUCATION; CUSTODY AND INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT; DISCIPLINE-BASED KNOWLEDGE; PREPARATION OF THE DEMOCRATIC CITIZENRY; EDUCATION'S ROLE IN THE ECONOMY; SOCIAL SELECTION; PEOPLE AND ISSUES; EDUCATION AS POLITICS; ORGANISED INTERESTS |
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ECONORAT AND SCHOLARECONORAT AND DEMOCRAT; NOTES; PART III EDUCATION POLICIES ; 4 Resources and outcomes ; THE PROBLEM OF RESOURCES; THE FALL IN EDUCATION SPENDING AS A PROPORTION OF GDP ; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS ON EDUCATION SPENDING; EFFECTS OF THE RELATIVE DECLINE IN FUNDING; THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RESOURCES AND OUTPUTS; THE FOCUS ON OUTCOMES; CLASS SIZES AND OUTCOMES; BREAKING THE NEXUS; QUALITY AND QUANTITY; BETTER OUTCOMES; 5 Productivity and efficiency ; MORE OUTPUTS FOR LESS COST |
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FAILURE TO GROUND THE KEY ASSUMPTIONSNOTES; 3 Economic rationalism in education ; ECONOMIC RATIONALISM; PUBLIC POLICY AS ECONOMICS; THE NEW RIGHT; FREE MARKET LIBERALISM; MARKET VERSUS GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC CHOICE THEORY; REFORM OF GOVERNMENT; ECONOMICS AS UNIVERSAL; ECONOMISM; NORMATIVE ECONOMISM; METHODOLOGICAL ECONOMISM; THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN EDUCATION; NORMALISING JUDGEMENT; EXTERNALITIES; EDUCATION AND EQUALITY; FRIEDMAN'S REFORM PROPOSALS; REFORM PROPOSALS IN AUSTRALIA; THE ECONOMICALLY RATIONAL INDIVIDUAL?; THE ECONOMIC INDIVIDUAL |
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GOVERNMENTNOTES; PART II ECONOMIC THEORIES ABOUT EDUCATION ; 2 Human capital theory ; THE IDEA OF HUMAN CAPITAL; BEGINNINGS; ADAM SMITH AND HIS SUCCESSORS; MODERN HUMAN CAPITAL THEORY; NEO-CLASSICAL ECONOMICS; SCHULTZ, DENISON AND BECKER; PRIVATE AND SOCIAL RATES OF RETURN; THE EFFECTS OF HUMAN CAPITAL THEORY; THE FIRST PHASE; THE PERIOD OF ECLIPSE; THE NEW HUMAN CAPITAL THEORY; THE OECD REDISCOVERS HUMAN CAPITAL; THE NEW POLICIES IN AUSTRALIA; PROBLEMS OF HUMAN CAPITAL THEORY; EARLY CRITICISMS |
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THE EMERGENCE OF PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFICIENCY POLICIESEDUCATION OUTPUTS; THE PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES; FORMS OF EDUCATIONAL OUTPUTS; MEASUREMENT OF DIRECT OUTPUTS; IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE A SUMMATIVE OUTPUT OF EDUCATION?; PRODUCTIVITY POLICIES AND EFFICIENCY POLICIES; DEFINITIONS; LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY; MEASUREMENT OF PRODUCTIVITY; THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFICIENCY; POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF THE PRODUCTIVITY-EFFICIENCY DISTINCTION; DOMINANCE OF EFFICIENCY-CENTRED POLICIES; THE NEED TO PLACE MORE EMPHASIS ON PRODUCTIVITY GOALS; IMPROVEMENTS IN PRODUCTIVITY; NOTES |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Education and state -- Australia.
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Education -- Economic aspects -- Australia.
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Form |
Electronic book
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