Beyond nostalgia reshaping Australian education (ACER Press, 2000)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
A thorough analysis of change in Australian education. Featuring contributions from 12 education professionals, it examines the effects of reform and restructuring throughout the sector to thereby map the possibilities for the ongoing redesign of Australian education
Preliminaries; Contents; Introduction; 1 Competent citizens and limited truths; 2 Education and economy: A review of main assertions; 3 Competition in Australian higher education since 1987; 4 From lucky country to clever country; 5 Competition, education and class formation; 6 Institutions with designs: consuming school children; 7 Gender, teaching and institutional change; 8 The social and organisational renorming of education; 9 The politics of postpatrimonial governance; 10 Beyond nostalgia: institutional design and alternative futures; References