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Educating Australia : government, economy, and citizen since 1960

This book is the first comprehensive history of Australian education systems, programs and policies of the period since 1960. The narrative of changes in schooling, training and university life is placed in the context of changing policies and governments and evolving economic and social trends.
Print Book, English, 1997
Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, 1997
History
XVI, 286 Seiten 24 cm
9780521591744, 9780521598309, 0521591740, 0521598303
833029306
1. Introduction; Part I. The Modern Citizen 1960–1975: 2. The expansion of education to 1975; 3. The Karmel report and education equality; Part II. The Anti-Citizen 1975–1990: 4. The New Right and public policy; 5. Individual and government; 6. The New Right and education; Part III. The Economic Citizen 1985–: 7. Education and national economic reconstruction; 8. Participation and equity; 9. Economic government in education; Part IV. The Multi-Citizen 1990–: 10. Civics, citizenship and difference.