EDUC264 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: The Big Questions, Centralisation, The Hidden Curriculum

• School: Macquarie University
• Department: Teacher Education
• Course: EDUC264
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Metaphors: what is a good metaphor in curriculum and education policy making, important for our evolution of values, differentiated policies, two key polices: regulatory and redistributive. Some of the policy players: you cannot criticise the govt. of the day. You have a voice through these associations: nsw teachers federation, nsw primary principals association, nsw secondary principals council. Page 30 of 102: professional teachers council nsw great way of making friendships and working towards. Educ264 things that are valued: independent primary school heads of australia, australian heads of independent schools associations (ahisa, australian primary principle association (appa) Australian catholic primary principals association: australian secondary principals association, catholic secondary principals australia. Peak groups for leadership: australian college of educators, australian council for educational leaders. The current policy debates: national curriculum, quality teachers and teaching, gonski report, naplan, local school management, independent public schools, safe schools.