The National School Reform Agreement: Its Implications for Curriculum Reform

Autor/in	Watt, Michael
Titel	The National School Reform Agreement: Its Implications for Curriculum Reform
Quelle	(2019), (48 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Educational Change; Curriculum Design; National Curriculum; Foreign Countries; Educational Policy; Policy Formation; Public Policy; Formative Evaluation; Decision Making; Curriculum Evaluation; Federal Government; Federal State Relationship; Educational Objectives; Curriculum Implementation; Geographic Regions; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsreform; Lehrplangestaltung; Ausland; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politische Betätigung; Öffentliche Ordnung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Curriculum; Evaluation; Curriculumevaluation; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Evaluierung; Bundesregierung; Bund-Länder-Beziehung; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Australien
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to examine policy making that led to the National School Reform Agreement and its effects on national and state-level curriculum reforms. Content analysis method was used to reveal the philosophic positions on education held by experts appointed to conduct the national policy reviews and the opinions of education commentators. Survey method was used to elicit information from state-level policymakers and officials about their priorities and to identify key aspects of the decision-making process. The results showed that the recommendations of the national policy reports, in particular the Review to Achieve Educational Excellence in Australian Schools, influenced the attributes of the reform directions and national policy initiatives set out in the National School Reform Agreement. The influence of the Review's recommendations on emerging curriculum reforms was limited, since the mission of the National Learning Progressions and Online Formative Assessment Initiative is to develop voluntary resources to support the Australian Curriculum. Evidence that the Review's recommendations affected the reform plans set out in the bilateral agreements is scanty, since the complex decision-making process in each state and territory involving negotiations between the three education sectors as well as the curriculum, assessment and certification board ameliorated any effect. Consequently, there is no evidence that the Review's recommendations influenced current state-level curriculum reforms with the possible exception of the New South Wales Curriculum Review. The findings of the study showed that the influence of the national policy reports was confined to the national level with limited impact on national and state-level curriculum reforms. (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01