The primary school in changing times

The primary school in changing times: the Australian experience

by Townsend, Tony

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Following substantial changes throughout the Australian education system, primary schools are no longer in the protected position of having a regulated flow of clients, a pre-determined curriculum and marginal levels of staff development. Recent moves have brought new or increased responsibilities for all schools in areas such as: *curriculum and policy development *staff development *monitoring and assessment *the use of new technologies *resource allocation This book seeks to review the impac…

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  • Full title :The primary school in changing times : the Australian experience / edited by Tony Townsend.

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Following substantial changes throughout the Australian education system, primary schools are no longer in the protected position of having a regulated flow of clients, a pre-determined curriculum and marginal levels of staff development. Recent moves have brought new or increased responsibilities for all schools in areas such as: *curriculum and policy development *staff development *monitoring and assessment *the use of new technologies *resource allocation This book seeks to review the impact of this change on Australian primary schools, on the people who are inv.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:1998.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Routledge
  • Place of Publication:London
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:1998.

The Physical Object

  • Description:xxix, 253 pages ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0415146569, 9780415146562
  • oclc:ocm37843785
  • LC Classification:LA2104
  • Dewey Decimal:372.994

Table of Contents

pt. I. Introduction. 1. 'Enterprise': the new metaphor for schooling in a post-industrial society / Hedley Beare -- pt. II. People in the primary school. 2. Synchronicity and the heroic quest: the primary principal in an era of dramatic change / Brian J. Caldwell. 3. Teachers, training and development / Len Cairns. 4. Different families: new issues for schools / Tony Townsend and Ian Walker -- pt. III. Critical issues for the restructured primary school. 5. The early years of schooling / Anne Kennedy. 6. Building a school culture / John Williamson and Maurice Galton. 7. Curriculum development in the restructured school / Colin Marsh. 8. Assessment in primary schools / John Ainley. 9. The impact of computer technology on primary education / Geoff Romeo. 10. Effective resource allocation in the primary school / Tony Townsend. 11. The education market: the view from the school / Lindsay Fitzclarence, Jane Kenway and Janine Collier -- pt. IV. Afterword. 12. The primary school of the future: third world or third millennium? / Tony Townsend.

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Subjects

Australia Australien Education, Elementary Education, Elementary -- Australia Educational Change Educational change -- Australia Elementary schools Elementary schools -- Australia Enseignement -- Réforme -- Australie Enseignement primaire -- Australie Grundschule Schulreform Selbstverwaltung Sozialer Wandel

Writers

Townsend, Tony

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