Structural Change and Curriculum Reform in an Australian Education System.

Y

12

Accountability; Curriculum Development; Economic Change; Educational Change; Educational Policy; Elementary Secondary Education; Federal Government; Foreign Countries; Government Role; National Curriculum; Politics of Education; Program Implementation

1056-7879

The Australian government's reform policy treats education as a mechanism for economic development. To achieve national goals, the government is stressing skills education, private-sector involvement in skills education, increased participation in education, increased school retention rates, improvement in overall education quality, and development of a national curriculum. Western Australia prefers a unit curriculum arrangement. (24 references) (MLH)

1993

EJ457340