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Download full textRennie, Leonie J.; Treagust, David F. – 1993
In 1988, two metropolitan and four country schools (two of which were remote) in Australia received federal grants to implement technology education. This paper presents the outcomes of the six schools' attempts to implement curriculum innovations associated with technology education and interprets those outcomes in the context of a school-based…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Dellar, Graham B. – 1994
In 1987, Western Australia implemented a school-based management program called "Better Schools," which attempted to create "self-determining schools." Central to the restructuring effort was the establishment of school-based decision-making groups (SBDMGs), which permitted school staff and community representatives to exercise…
Descriptors: Decentralization, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries, Organizational Change
Dellar, Graham B. – 1992
Findings of a 3-year study of the policy implementation process in three western Australian secondary schools are presented in this paper, which focuses on the macro and micro aspects of implementation. To examine responses to the formation of school-based decision-making groups, methodology involved: (1) document analysis; (2) interviews with…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Intergroup Relations, Participative Decision Making
Dellar, Graham B. – 1994
This paper revisits the literature on the nature of school organizations and presents a view of secondary schools as complex social systems, as opposed to bureaucratic-rational structures. Research was conducted into three Western Australia secondary schools planning to implement school-based decision making and planning procedures. The…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Context Effect, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Dellar, Graham B. – 1995
This paper presents findings of a study that described the existing nature of school-based management (SBM) structures and procedures associated with school-development planning in Western Australia. It also examined the impact of SBM on the curriculum and professional activities of teachers. Data were obtained through analysis of official policy…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Educational Change, Educational Planning, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedDimmock, Clive – International Journal of Educational Reform, 1995
Discusses the nature of school restructuring in Australia and provides a justification for restructuring predicated on improving teaching and learning. Provides various restructuring frameworks, recognizes the need to clarify qualifying conditions, and addresses ways to overcome implementation problems. Ambiguity and ambivalence over…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Improvement, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Tasmanian Education Dept., Hobart (Australia). – 1988
In 1983 the Australian Commonwealth Government announced its new Participation and Equity Program (PEP). To allow schools to focus on new directions, substantial amounts of money were allocated to the states through the PEP so that they could develop programs that focus on nine major areas: (1) curriculum; (2) assessment, accreditation, and…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
