Schooling Reform in Hard Times

, by Bob Linguard; John Knight; Paige Porter

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ISBN: 9780203209837 | 0203209834
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School restructuring is in the spotlight and this text aims to bring together the latest research on policy formations in schools in Australia with comparative references to New Zealand, the USA and UK. The information is based on research carried out by

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Preface	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Restructuring Schooling Towards the 1990s	p. 2
Restructuring Australian Education: Comparative Perspectives	p. 23
Corporate Federalism: the Emerging Approach to Policy-Making for Australian Schools	p. 24
Education, the Economy and Citizenship in Australia: Critical Perspectives and Social Choices	p. 36
Thinking 'Right' in the Usa: Ideological Transformations in an Age of Conservatism	p. 49
Two Hemispheres-Both 'New Right'?: 1980s Education Reform in New Zealand and England and Wales	p. 63
Restructuring Educational Discourse: Equality and Social Justice	p. 89
Education and Social Justice in the Postmodern Age	p. 90
Inequality and Educational Reform: Lessons from the Disadvantaged School Project	p. 106
Multiculturalism, Social Justice and the Restructuring of the Australian State	p. 120
Policy and the Politics of Representation: Torres Strait Islanders and Aborigines at the Margins	p. 139
Gender Equity and Economic Rationalism: an Uneasy Alliance	p. 153
Corporate Restructuring of the Australian Disability Field	p. 176
Restructuring Policy and Administration: Four Case Studies	p. 193
The Development of Representative Committees in Victorian Schools: New Structures in the Democratization of Educational Administration?	p. 194
The Efficient Corporate State: Labor Restructuring for Better Schools in Western Australia	p. 222
Picot-Vision and Reality in New Zealand Schools: an Insider's View	p. 261
'Nothing but Facts, Sir': Curriculum Reform as a Function of Corporate Federalism	p. 284
Notes on Contributors	p. 303
Index	p. 307
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