Changing Australian Education: How policy is taking us backwards and what can be done about it - Image 1

£137.45

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

Name: Changing Australian Education: How policy is taking us backwards and what can be done about it
Brand: Routledge
Price: 128.8 GBP
Availability: InStock

Education

Price History & Forecast

Last 27 days • 27 data points (No recent data available)

Historical

Generating forecast...

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 27 days • 2 price levels

Days at Price

Current Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £129 (20 days, 74.1%)

Price range: £129 - £137

Price levels: 2 different prices over 27 days

Description

Product Description Australian education policy for the past 40 years has been heading in the wrong direction and is entirely unsuitable for preparing young people for the 21st century. Exaggeration? Sadly not.For a teacher, there is nothing more exhilarating than encouraging young people to realise the power of learning. But in our schools today, teachers spend so much time preparing their students for high-stakes tests, gathering data and filling in forms, that many of them feel like the life has been squeezed out of their role. Schooling has been turned into a market, and school leaders are forced to spend precious time and resources competing with other schools. Their professional experience is disregarded as policy makers turn to the corporate world and self-appointed commentators to determine curriculum and school funding.The outcome? Our schooling system is becoming more segregated; children from poorer backgrounds are falling behind; public schools are starved of funds; and good teachers are leaving.One of the most highly regarded educational leaders in Australia, Alan Reid, argues it's time to reconsider the purposes of education, the capacities we need for the future, and the strategies that will get us there. He outlines a new narrative for Australian schooling that is futures-focused and prizes flexibility, adaptability, collaboration and agility, with students, teachers and school communities at centre-stage.'A provocative and persuasive argument for the necessity of a new narrative for Australian schooling so as to meet better the demonstrable demands of the twenty-first century...' - Emeritus Professor Bob Lingard, The University of Queensland'At the heart of the book is a penetrating critique of neoliberalism and the damaging effects it is having on education and society. It should be essential reading for policy makers, educators, parents, and anyone interested in the current state of Australian education.' - Professor Barry Down, Murdoch University About the Author Alan Reid AM is Professor Emeritus of Education at the University of South Australia. Long recognised as one of Australia's leading educators, he has won many awards for his distinguished contributions to education, including the Gold Medal of the Australian Council of Educational Leaders.

Product Specifications

Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0367717654
Category: Books > Subjects > Science, Nature & Maths > Education
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 31 March 2021
Listed Since: 04 February 2021

Barcode

No barcode data available

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

Price History & Forecast

Price Distribution

Price Analysis

Description

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

Education Policy and the Australian Education Union: Resisting Social Neoliberalism and Audit Technologies

Questioning the Language of Improvement and Reform in Education: Reclaiming Meaning (Routledge Research in Education)

Routledge - Education for a Change: Transforming Teaching

Flip the System Australia: What Matters in Education

Routledge - Teacher Education Through Uncertainty and Crisis

Routledge - The Future of Teaching: And the Myths That Hold It Back

Re-imagining Education for Democracy

The Life and Death of Secondary Education for All

Routledge - Culture and the Political Economy of Schooling

Privatisation and Commercialisation in Public Education: How the Public Nature of Schooling is Changing

A Case for Radical Pragmatic Leaders and Personalised Learning Schools: Risky Public Policy Business

Paradoxes of Democracy, Leadership and Education: Struggling for Social Justice in the Twenty-first Century (Foundations and Futures of Education)

Education System Design: Foundations, Policy Options and Consequences

Re-Imagining Educational Leadership

Globalisation and Education (Education and Social Theory)

Elementary Education in India: Policy Shifts, Issues and Challenges

New Perspectives on Education for Democracy: Creative Responses to Local and Global Challenges

Routledge - Education and Schooling: Myth, Heresy and Misconception

Routledge Building Better Schools with Evidence-based Policy

Re-Imagining Educational Leadership

Educational Leadership: Theorising Professional Practice in Neoliberal Times (Critical Studies in Educational Leadership, Management and Administration)

Leading School Renewal: A Guide for Educational Ground Breakers

Future Alternatives for Educational Leadership: Diversity, Inclusion, Equity and Democracy

Reinventing Schools, Reforming Teaching: From Political Visions to Classroom Reality