Learning to Share: Australia's "Building the Education Revolution" and Shared Schools

Autor/in	McShane, Ian
Titel	Learning to Share: Australia's "Building the Education Revolution" and Shared Schools
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Administration and History, 44 (2012) 2, S.105-119 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0620
DOI	10.1080/00220620.2012.658766
Schlagwörter	Conflict; Educational Innovation; Foreign Countries; Educational Facilities; Educational Policy; Human Resources; Educational Facilities Design; Educational Facilities Improvement; Economic Impact; Economic Factors; Program Descriptions; School Community Relationship; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Konflikt; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Ausland; Bildungsstätte; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Humankapital; Ökonomische Determinanten; Ökonomischer Faktor; Australien
Abstract	This article analyses the conceptual and policy contexts of the Australian government's "Building the Education Revolution" (BER) programme. This $A15 billion commitment to renewing school facilities is the Australian government's largest single measure of economic stimulus in response to the recent global financial crisis. Public debate and analysis of BER have focused on its economic objective. The programme has a second, less publicised objective, to promote community building and engagement with schools by specifying that funded facilities will be available for community use. This article argues that, in contrast to the Australian government's rhetorical commitment to educational innovation, BER follows a modernist tradition of infrastructure provision characterised by top-down programme design and limited attention to the "soft" infrastructure of organisational systems and human resources. While conceding the circumstances in which BER was developed, this article identifies areas where the programme requires further development to optimise this current high-point of investment in Australian schools. (Contains 66 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10