TY - JOUR
T1 - Curriculum reform and the 'constituency' challenge
T2 - recent trends in higher school geography (Australia)
AU - Powell, J. M.
PY - 1984
Y1 - 1984
N2 - There is a widening gap between Australia's secondary and tertiary systems, and although tertiary institutions depend on the products of secondary education their influence on the latter is diminishing. Lacking a consensus the education system is characterised by overlapping and frequently competing frames of reference as examples show. Teacher autonomy is challenging the very existence of inherited fields of study. An analysis of geography enrolments by states reveals the emergence of new, often vocational, courses. Trends in Victoria are examined in detail. Attitudes to geography teaching at school level must be re-examined. A commentary on conditions in individual states is offered.-D.G.Price
AB - There is a widening gap between Australia's secondary and tertiary systems, and although tertiary institutions depend on the products of secondary education their influence on the latter is diminishing. Lacking a consensus the education system is characterised by overlapping and frequently competing frames of reference as examples show. Teacher autonomy is challenging the very existence of inherited fields of study. An analysis of geography enrolments by states reveals the emergence of new, often vocational, courses. Trends in Victoria are examined in detail. Attitudes to geography teaching at school level must be re-examined. A commentary on conditions in individual states is offered.-D.G.Price
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-8470.1984.tb00634.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-8470.1984.tb00634.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0021575933
SN - 0004-9190
VL - 22
SP - 275
EP - 295
JO - Australian Geographical Studies
JF - Australian Geographical Studies
IS - 2
ER -