Formative assessment is strongly advocated as a critical component of Australian teachers'
work. This article examines the evolving policy expectations and support for teachers' …

Education is today in question, both in its institutional forms and in its conceptual remit. The
sense of a knowledge explosion and a world in rapid change challenges the curricula of …

Purpose This paper was originally presented as a keynote presentation to the annual
conference of the ANZHES whose theme was “knowledge skills and expertise”. The purpose …

Educational Research and Professional Learning in Changing Times reports three
dimensions of a longitudinal Australian study with the ultimate aim of improving the …

This chapter reviews the context and literature that frames the knowledge question for
schools and universities today. It begins with key elements of the changing context: the …

Since the 1970s, curriculum reforms in Australia and in the UK have faced a number of
common challenges, including drives to improve retention, concerns about unemployment …

In Australia, approaches to concept-based curriculum have been embraced by progressive
teachers who recognise that a conceptual framework allows learners to summarise …

This study aimed to analyse radical curriculum policy reform in senior secondary schooling
in Western Australia (WA) in the first decade of the 2000s, within a broader context of …