Title
Kennedy, Kerry J., "The Policy Context of Curriculum Reform in Australia in the 1980's," Australian Journal of Education, 32 (No. 3, 1988), 357-374.*
Annotation
Reviews the move to adapt an instrument approach to curriculum determination in Australia in the 1980s in order to meet new material needs but which failed to take local teachers and students into account in implementing the new policies.
Broad Topical Focus
Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline
Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study
Historical Inquiry
Type of Study
Single Study
Narrow Topic
Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum History, Curriculum Implementation, Core Mandates
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