Changing Australian Education : How policy is taking us backwards and what can be done about it (Hardcover)

INTRODUCTION: A tale of two policy discoursesPART ONE: The current state of Australian education policy, and why it must change 1. Neoliberalism comes to Australian education2. The damaging effects of current education policy directionsPART TWO: What are the problems?3. Taking the public out of public education4. Standardised testing and its problems: A case study of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)5. Evidence-based policy: The use and abuse of research6. Outside influences on education policyPART THREE: Changing the educational narrative7. The perils of ignoring the purposes of education 8. Towards a process for thinking about futures for Australian education9. Using the process: A case study of the fourth industrial revolutionPART FOUR: New policy directions for Australian education10. New curriculum directions11. New pedagogical directions12. New directions in system-wide and school-based culturesEPILOGUE: Towards a new narrative for Australian educationGLOSSARYACKNOWLEDGEMENTSREFERENCES