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Society, Schools and Progress in Australia concerns the study of developments in the educational system and decisions affecting it in Australia. This book is part of a series on the same subject involving several countries or regions. This book deals with the main features of the educational system...
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Pergamon Press Australia,
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| Publisher Address: | Rushcutters Bay : |
| Publication Dates: | 1973. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Australian revised edition. |
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780080173702 |
| Summary: |
Society, Schools and Progress in Australia concerns the study of developments in the educational system and decisions affecting it in Australia. This book is part of a series on the same subject involving several countries or regions. This book deals with the main features of the educational system inherited from the United Kingdom and applied in Australia in terms of transformation, modification, and technological advances. After giving a description of the background of education, this book discusses the organization of public education in Australia: secondary education; administrative centralization; and the role of the commonwealth, States, and local communities. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xliv, 246 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781483136295 1483136299 |
| Index Number: | LA2101 |
| CLC: | G561.1 |
| Contents: |
Front Cover; Society, Schools and Progress in Australia; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Comparative Studies; The Making of the Future; The Transformation of Education; Comparative Education in General; The Purpose of this Series; The Particular Case of Australia; Author's Preface; Introduction 1973; CHAPTER 1. Some Historical Influences; Geographical and Social Background; Centralization; The Religious Issue; The Question of State Aid; The Dual System; Background to the Education Acts; Catholicism; Abandonment of the ""Dual"" System; The Education Acts. CHAPTER 2. The Organization of Public EducationSecondary Education; Commonwealth and States; The Commonwealth and the Universities; The States and the Universities; Educational Policy; Administration within the States; Teaching in State Schools; Examinations; The Governments and the Schools; Centralization; Local Communities and the Schools; CHAPTER 3. Schools and Society; Assumptions and Beliefs; The Independent Schools; Education and Equality; Leading Issues in Secondary Education; Reorganization of Secondary Education; The Influence of the Universities; The Independent Schools. The Catholic SchoolsThe Government and Independent Schools; CHAPTER 4. The Pattern of Higher Education; University Organization; The Universities Before 1945; The British Influence; Postgraduate and Research Work; Developments after the Second World War; The Breakdown of Isolation; Criticism of Australian Universities; Diversification of Tertiary Education; Future Development of the Universities; Teaching in the Universities; CHAPTER 5. Technical and Adult Education; The Poor Relation; Economic Change; Organization of Technical Education; Commonwealth Intervention; Issues of Policy. Future Development of Technical CollegesA University of Technology?; Adult Education; How Should Adult Education be Organized?; CHAPTER 6. Teachers; The Pattern of Teacher Training; State Control of Teacher Training; The Future of Teacher Training; The Independence of State Teachers; Teaching in the Universities; CHAPTER 7. Education and National Growth; Commonwealth and States; Changing Balance of the Federation; The Place of the States; The Repatterning of Administration; Bureaucracy; Social and Educational Thinking; Social Teaching; The Quality of Teachers; Freedom in and of the Schools. Aspects of National DevelopmentSocial Change and Educational Change; Index. |