POLY1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Policy Review, Aust, Human Capital
Lecture 5 - Education Policy
Review:
3 categories of homelessness
primary, secondary, tertiary
levels of govt involved in housing policy
all three
The 30:40 indicator
Bottom 40% of income spending more than 30% of income on housing costs
Learning outcomes:
Debate about purpose of education
significance of education
Issues in policy
Structure of educ in aust.
institutional arrangements of policy in Aust
debate regarding equity and choice
compounding effects of concentrations of disadvantage
Framing of education:
UNDHR - Article 26
everyone has the right to education
fundamental education should be free and compulsory
equally accessible to all on basis of merit
should be directed to full development of human personality
Parents have a right to choose the kind of education given to their children
World context:
in Australia, education is considered not just a right, but a necessity
shows implications cultural values have for policy
Debate about the purpose of education:
Discovery: to learn to think critically + evaluate complex information and problems
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Preparing for adulthood: to learn the correct values and ways of viewing the
world/maintain the status quo
Utilitarian: education only for the purpose of employment
creates tensions regarding the content of education
e.g. is school the place to teach things like:
religious education?
sex ed?
life skills?
drug and alcohol education?
Significance of education
at the individual level:
right of citizenship
obligation/responsibility
Prerequisite to functioning in contemporary society
central to opportunity, social mobility and choice in life
societal level:
investment in human capital as the basis for competitive and productive workforce ->
economy
socialisation of the population and maintaining culture and social order
allocation of people to roles and positions of varying status within society
fundamental to operation of a democratic state
what is education policy?
concerned with all forms of formal education + training provided by a society
key issues:
funding + provision of educational services
who pays for it?
who provides it?
who controls it?
the content + quality of education
relationship between education and future opportunities
relationship between education and the economy
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Document Summary
3 categories of homelessness primary, secondary, tertiary levels of govt involved in housing policy all three. Bottom 40% of income spending more than 30% of income on housing costs. Debate about purpose of education significance of education. Structure of educ in aust. institutional arrangements of policy in aust debate regarding equity and choice compounding effects of concentrations of disadvantage. Undhr - article 26 everyone has the right to education fundamental education should be free and compulsory equally accessible to all on basis of merit should be directed to full development of human personality. Parents have a right to choose the kind of education given to their children. World context: in australia, education is considered not just a right, but a necessity shows implications cultural values have for policy. Discovery: to learn to think critically + evaluate complex information and problems. Preparing for adulthood: to learn the (cid:1684)correct(cid:1685) values and ways of viewing the world/maintain the status quo.
