This paper will consider the way that Foucault’s work has been utilised to examine Australian legal education, particularly in the context of understanding the construction of the legal identity. While remaining sensitive to the many potential ‘uses’ of Foucault’s tools, as well as his problematisation of the author as an organising feature of discourse, this...

This survey of 1,473 Australian public schools reports on class sizes, teaching supply, school fundraising and the priorities for government as judged by teachers and principals.

Partnerships for Schools (PfS) is responsible for delivering the government’s secondary school renewal programme, Building Schools for the Future (BSF). PfS is working with local authorities and the private sector to rebuild or renew every one of England’s 3,500 state secondary schools during the 15-year lifetime of the multi-billion BSF programme. PfS’s education and design...

The Blueprint for Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD, 2008) underlines the importance of providing opportunities for every child to succeed, in every circumstance. The Blueprint points out that, while previous reforms are paying dividends, improvement is not yet consistent across all schools. So, to support a reform agenda for all schools to improve, this...

New research showing students' perceptions and expectations of learning with information and communications technologies has found that students believe technology is a vital learning aid. This report outlines findings collected from listening to and analysing the views and expectations of students within Australian education and training institutions about learning with technologies. The overarching question for...