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Education and public policy in Australia / Simon Marginson.

By:

Marginson, Simon, 1951- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1993Description: xv, 286 pages ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0521433452
9780521433457
0521439639
9780521439633

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

379.94 20

LOC classification:

LC96 .M38 1993

Contents:

pt. 1. The setting. Education in Australia -- pt. 2. Economic theories about education. Human capital theory ; Economic rationalism in education -- pt. 3. Education policies. Resources and outcomes ; Productivity and efficiency ; Economic policies in higher education ; Preparation for work ; Markets in education ; Private and public education -- pt. 4. Conclusion. Some final thoughts -- --

Part I. The Setting: -- 1. Education in Australia -- Part II. Economic Theories about Education: -- 2. Human capital theory -- 3. Economic rationalism in education -- Part III. Education Policies: -- 4. Resources and outcomes -- 5. Productivity and efficiency -- 6. Economic policies in higher education -- 7. Preparation for work -- 8. Markets in education -- 9. Private and public education -- Part IV. Conclusion: -- 10. Some final thoughts.

Summary: "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 education policy. This book summarises and analyses the major issues in Australian education policy today: the relationship between education and work; the reform of higher education and vocational training; outputs, resources and class sizes; the role of government and the public/private debate in schooling. It also examines the main economic theories about education, including human capital theory and free market theory, and finds them seriously inadequate as a basis for policy. The author argues that economic rationalism has installed a free market agenda at the heart of public education policy, with deep consequences for the academic and democratic development of Australia's citizens."--Publisher description.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-277) and index.

"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 education policy. This book summarises and analyses the major issues in Australian education policy today: the relationship between education and work; the reform of higher education and vocational training; outputs, resources and class sizes; the role of government and the public/private debate in schooling. It also examines the main economic theories about education, including human capital theory and free market theory, and finds them seriously inadequate as a basis for policy. The author argues that economic rationalism has installed a free market agenda at the heart of public education policy, with deep consequences for the academic and democratic development of Australia's citizens."--Publisher description.

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