School Autonomy Reform and Public Education in Australia: Implications for Social Justice

Autor/in	Keddie, Amanda
Titel	School Autonomy Reform and Public Education in Australia: Implications for Social Justice
Quelle	In: Australian Educational Researcher, 44 (2017) 4-5, S.373-390 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Keddie, Amanda)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0311-6999
DOI	10.1007/s13384-017-0243-x
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Social Justice; Institutional Autonomy; Public Education; Educational Research; Literature Reviews; Educational Change; Politics of Education; Academic Standards; Educational Policy; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Institutionelle Autonomie; Öffentliche Erziehung; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Bildungsreform; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Politics of education; Australien
Abstract	The renewed commitment to school autonomy reform in Australia is based on the view that it will drive up academic standards. There remains, however, little conclusive evidence to support this view. Simply instating the structural changes to bring about greater autonomy for schools within public education systems across the world has not led consistently to an improvement in academic outcomes. Indeed, in some systems, this reform is associated with increasing social injustices. As Australian education is engaging in new iterations of this reform at federal and state levels, it is both urgent and timely to reconsider the relationship between school autonomy and social justice. This paper provides a review of largely Australian-based research concerning school autonomy reform within public education. It considers how such reform has supported and detracted from social justice outcomes in relation to political representation, cultural recognition and economic redistribution. The paper's contribution to the field is theoretical in presenting a multidimensional account of the social justice implications of school autonomy policy and practice in Australia. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01