Education reform in Australia : 1992-97 - a case study
Pascoe, Susan | Pascoe, Robert
Reform to school education in the Australian State of Victoria in 1992-97 provides a useful case study for investigating implementation strategies for scholars, educators, and administrators. The Victorian reform was both systemic and structural. It involved educational issues, such as curriculum, assessment, and professional development. Also, it involved a reshaping of the institutional basis of educational provision: schools were closed or merged to rationalize the stock of sites and concentrate resources on those that remained; the teaching force was reduced by 20 percent; the bureaucracy was downsized and reorganized, industrial practices were reshaped, and power relations changed. This study concentrates on the introduction of site-based management, and the rationalization of primary and secondary schools, because they are the most comprehensive of the reform elements. They encompass aspects of other reform processes, and they complement one another. Although reforms have been implemented, their consequences for students are not yet known.
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