In this Chapter, I examined literature that provided insight in response to the research
question: Why and how does context knowledge influence teacher integration of Information …

Despite the Australian Constitution implying school education to be a state responsibility, the
Commonwealth has increasingly interfered with state school education. The Australian …

'Wasteland': A place where life struggles to flourish A contaminated, unwanted, dangerous
place A place for adaptation and creativity in survival A bog standard school is an ordinary …

This chapter begins by providing an overview of the rationale for the public provision of
education. We confine our study to primary and secondary education. A brief historical …

In the Schumpeterian conception, innovation is the" perennial gale of creative destruction"(
Schumpeter 1976 [1942], p. 84). This evolutionary process consists of two entangled but …

Pivot Professional Learning, in consultation with the Australian Association of Mathematics
Teachers, summarises their study into the characteristics of Australian mathematics …

Beginning in 1911 with the mandating of school cadets for all Australian school students
from twelve years to eighteen years, the Commonwealth has exerted its influence on …

Objective The Centre for International Research on Education Systems (CIRES) at Victoria
University has been commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Education …