Student performance standards and Queensland teacher education
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Paper/Presentation Title | Student performance standards and Queensland teacher education |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Wake, Andrew (Author) and Danaher, Patrick (Author) |
Number of Pages | 20 |
Year | 1994 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED375107.pdf |
Conference/Event | 1994 Australian Teacher Education Association Conference (1994 ATEA) |
Event Details | 1994 Australian Teacher Education Association Conference (1994 ATEA) Parent Australian Teacher Education Association (ATEA) Conference Delivery In person Event Date 03 to end of 06 Jul 1994 Event Location Brisbane, Australia |
Abstract | This paper considers the implementation of Student Performance Standards (SPS) in Queensland, Australia, and their implications for teacher education. Student testing procedures in various Australian states and territories are described. A theoretical framework, grounded in Australian educational history, is elaborated for understanding the political ramifications of SPS. S. J. Ball's explication of market, management and, particularly, curriculum controls over public education is applied to show how explicit emphasis on student performance is linked to wider forces promoting an instrumentalist and managerialist view of schooling. The emergence of statewide testing is seen as: a quality control measure designed to ensure that schools are producing human resources tailored to the needs of a post-fordist economy; an attempt to shape the quality, character, and content of classroom practice; and a potential step toward monitoring the performance of teachers and schools, making comparisons among them, and linking these comparisons to performance-related pay awards. The paper concludes that SPS constitutes a not entirely desirable response to a series of complex |
Keywords | academic standards, educational history, elementarysecondary education, foreign countries, governmentrole, government school relationship, highereducation, minimum competency testing, politics ofeducation, preservice teacher education, professional autonomy, school district |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390307. Teacher education and professional development of educators |
390303. Higher education | |
Public Notes | Paper presented at the 24th annual conference of the |
Byline Affiliations | Central Queensland University |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q584w/student-performance-standards-and-queensland-teacher-education
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