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Title Australia's curriculum dilemmas : state cultures and the big issues / edited by Lyn Yates, Cherry Collins and Kate O'Connor
Published Carlton, Victoria, Australia : Melbourne University Press, 2011
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Contents Intro; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on the editors; Acknowledgements; Part I-Introduction; 1 Australian curriculum making: Lyn Yates, Cherry Collins and Kate O'Connor; Part II-Envisaging a new curriculum for new times; 2 Re-thinking knowledge, re-thinking work: Lyn Yates; 3 The influence of curriculum pasts on curriculum futures: A South Australian case study: Alan Reid; 4 Curriculum change: The context for the development of the Tasmanian Essential Learnings Curriculum: Penny Andersen and Karin Oerlemans
5 Vocational curriculum in Victorian secondary education: Reconciling continuity and innovation: Jack KeatingPart III-Who are the students-and should we have different curricula for different kinds of individuals?; 6 Confronting equity, retention and student diversity: Cherry Collins and Lyn Yates; 7 The senior secondary curriculum in NSW: Academic traditions face issues of retention: Margaret Vickers; 8 The quest for quality and equity in SA curriculum: Jim Dellit; 9 Social context and educational change: Innovations in the Queensland curriculum: Rob Gilbert
Part IV-When assessment comes into the picture10 The tail wagging the dog? Assessment and reporting: Cherry Collins; 11 Managing without public examinations: Successful and sustained curriculum and assessment reform in Queensland: Graham S. Maxwell and J. Joy Cumming; 12 Assessment for success: Bill Hannan; 13 Waves of change: The critical role of assessment, reporting and accreditation in secondary curriculum reform in WA, 1975-2005: Bridget Leggett and Robyn White; Part V-The public management of curriculum and the story of curriculums that fall over
14 Why curriculums fall over: The politics of innovation: Jenni Connor15 A story of collaboration and friction: Curriculum making in Western Australia, 1970s-2010: Colin Marsh; 16 Politics, personalities and the public interest: The establishment of the NSW Board of Studies and the determination of curriculum: Geoff Riordan; Part VI-Conclusion; 17 Curriculum in Australia: The challenges, the past and the future: Lyn Yates, Cherry Collins and Kate O'Connor; Selected list of state and Commonwealth curriculum reports and frameworks; Selected bibliography; Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 09, 2019)
Subject Education -- Curricula -- Australia
Teaching -- Australia
Education and state -- Australia
Educational planning -- Government policy -- Australia
Education and state
Education -- Curricula
Educational planning -- Government policy
Teaching
Australia
Form Electronic book
Author Yates, Lyn, editor
Collins, Cherry, editor
O'Connor, Kate, editor.
ISBN 9780522860122
0522860125