Class, Culture and the State in Australian Education - Reform or Crisis?

Australian education has been substantially re-shaped over the past decade or more, as part of a wider re-shaping of the Australian state. Equity agendas have been increasingly muted, while economic priorities have increasingly dominated educational reforms. The book analyses key policy areas (Aboriginal education, multicultural education, gender, social class, schooling and work, and back-to-basics-curriculum movements) in light of these changes, and examines whether these changes are best seen as reforms, or are the result of a crisis in the Australian state. This edition is edited and distributed in the Pacific region by Allen & Unwin, Australia.

List of contents

Contents: An analytical framework for understanding changes in Australian education and society - Examination of key policy areas in light of that explanation.

About the author

The Author: Anthony Welch is an international analyst of educational reforms. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of London and has taught or researched in Australia, the UK, Germany and the USA.

Product details

• Authors: Anthony Welch
• Publisher: Lang, Peter GmbH
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• No. of pages: 298
• Illustrations: 2 fig., 7 tab.
• Series: Komparatistische Bibliothek; Komparatistische Bibliothek / Comparative Studies Series / Bibliothèque d'Études Comparatives; Komparatistische Bibliothek / Comparative Studies Series / Bibliothèque d'Études Comparatives
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work