An Australian Model of Education
- Publisher:
- Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and REsearch
- Publication Type:
- Chapter
- Citation:
- Advanced education in a changing world: The education strategy of the United Arab Emirates, 2021, pp. 123-149
- Issue Date:
- 2021
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Introduction and Overview
his chapter will provide some contextual information about
Australia, before looking briefly at the demographic nature
of the students we serve. It will then provide an overview of
the regulatory bodies that oversee the delivery and quality of
education in Australia, before outlining how schooling is organized.
There is no formal ‘Australian Model’ as such – however the paper
will examine current and developing features of the educational
landscape in Australia.
In particular, the focus is on three recent developments in the
Australian educational context, as part of the increasing regulation
of education and teacher education. It will outline our first foray
into a national curriculum, The Australian Curriculum,1 and the
establishment of professional standards for Australian teachers.
Emerging from these standards, a Teaching Performance Assessment
has recently been introduced for graduating teachers, in which they
must demonstrate the impact of their teaching on students. This
* Associate Professor, Initial Teacher Education, University of Technology, Sydney.
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chapter will also examine Australia’s national testing regime and will
conclude by looking at associated implications for the profession,
including for teacher education providers. It includes an overview of
the current and proposed requirements for all prospective teachers,
and will tentatively discuss some implications for the education
sector in the United Arab Emirates.
The focus will be New South Wales (NSW), the jurisdiction
in which I live and work, and with which I am most familiar, but I
will try to provide an overview of education across Australia.
Similarities between Australia’s states and territories are increasing,
as the Federal Government gradually assumes more control over
education.
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