Education and Public Policy in Australia
The gap between the demands placed on education in Australia and the resources allocated to it by government has increased dramatically in recent years. The education system is expected to absorb youth unemployment and play a key role in the modernisation of the economy, yet education spending as a proportion of GDP has declined. The notion of education as being important for its own sake and a key to equality in society seems to have been set aside, and economics now dominates debate on...
Search in google:
This book summarises and analyses the major issues in Australian education policy today.
List of TablesList of AcronymsPrefacePt. IThe Setting1Education in Australia3Pt. IIEconomic Theories About Education292Human capital theory313Economic rationalism in education55Pt. IIIEducation Policies814Resources and outcomes835Productivity and efficiency1026Economic policies in higher education1227Preparation for work1438Markets in education1729Private and public education200Pt. IVConclusion22910Some final thoughts231References256Index278
