Description
Australian system is similar to UK so will be a cross-over market
International interest in restructuring and management of schools
High calibre contributors from across Australia
Table of Contents
Preface: changing times, changing ways PART I Introduction 1 ‘Enterprise’: the new metaphor for schooling in a post-industrial society PART II People in the primary school 2 Synchronicity and the heroic quest: the primary principal in an era of dramatic change 3 Teachers, training and development 4 Different families: new issues for schools PART III Critical issues for the restructured primary school 5 The early years of schooling 6 Building a school culture 7 Curriculum development in the restructured school 8 Assessment in primary schools 9 The impact of computer technology on primary education 10 Effective resource allocation in the primary school 11 The education market: the view from the school PART IV Afterword 12 The primary school of the future: third world or third millennium?