Revolution or backlash? The mediatisation of education policy in Australia

References

• Apple , M. 1993 . Official knowledge: Democratic education in a conservative age , New York : Routledge .
   Google Scholar
• Ball , S. 2003 . The teacher's soul and the terrors of performativity . Journal of Education Policy , 18 ( 2 ) : 215 – 228 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bishop, J. (2006, October). Address to the History Teachers’ Association of Australia conference, Fremantle http://www.dest.gov.au/Ministers/Media/Bishop/2006/10/B001061006.asp
   Google Scholar
• Bourdieu , P. 1984 . Distinction: A social critique of the judgement of taste , London : Routledge & Kegan Paul .
   Google Scholar
• Bourdieu , P. 1998 . On television , New York : The New Press .
   Google Scholar
• Carrington , V. 2006 . Rethinking the middle years: Early adolescents, schooling and digital culture , Crows Nest : Allen & Unwin .
   Google Scholar
• Chadbourne , R. 2001 . Middle schooling for the middle years: What might the jury be considering? , Southbank : Australian Education Union .
   Google Scholar
• Chapman , C. and Harris , A. 2004 . Improving schools in difficult and challenging contexts: Strategies for improvement . Educational Research , 46 ( 3 ) : 219 – 228 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cormack , P. 1996 . Constructions of the adolescent in newspapers and policy documents: Implications for middle schooling . South Australian Educational Leader , 7 ( 6 ) : 1 – 12 .
   Google Scholar
• Donnelly , K. 2003 . The biased truth about our teachers . The Age , March 28 : 15
   Google Scholar
• Donnelly , K. 2004a . Why our schools are failing , Sydney : Duffy & Snellgrove .
   Google Scholar
• Donnelly , K. 2004b . We can't really count on calculators . The Australian , November 23 : 13
   Google Scholar
• Donnelly , K. 2004c . Fuzzy thinking leads to failure . The Age , July 26 : 8
   Google Scholar
• Donnelly , K. 2004d . Constraints the downfall of public schools . Sydney Morning Herald , August 12 : 13
   Google Scholar
• Donnelly, K. (2004e). There's no doubt that education standards are falling – we need to act. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=2191 (Accessed: 11 March 2005 ).
   Google Scholar
• Donnelly, K. (2004f). Our education system is lacking competitive assessment. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=2440 (Accessed: 11 March 2005 ).
   Google Scholar
• Donnelly , K. 2005a . “ Benchmaking Australian primary school curricula ” . Canberra : Commonwealth of Australia .
   Google Scholar
• Donnelly , K. 2005b . Fads no substitute for teaching . The Australian, January 5 , January 5 : 13
   Google Scholar
• Donnelly , K. 2005c . Teach the simple joys of reading . The Australian , July 26 : 13
   Google Scholar
• Donnelly , K. 2005d . Classroom basics a better outcome . Sydney Morning Herald , January 31 : 11
   Google Scholar
• Donnelly , K. 2005e . Report care fails postmodern student assessments . The Weekend Australian , September 10 : 22
   Google Scholar
• Donnelly , K. 2005f . Poverty of maths calculated to backfire . The Australian , October 25 : 12
   Google Scholar
• Donnelly , K. 2005g . Cannon fodder of the culture wars . The Australian , February 9 : 13
   Google Scholar
• Donnelly , K. 2005h . Learning sinks in a sea of claptrap . The Weekend Australian , September 17 : 19
   Google Scholar
• Donnelly , K. 2005i . Unhelpful for students and for teachers . The Weekend Australian , October 22 : 26
   Google Scholar
• Donnelly , K. 2005j . Top marks to syllabus road maps . The Australian , September 28 : 14
   Google Scholar
• Donnelly , K. 2005k . The wacky curriculum . The Age , March 7 : 8
   Google Scholar
• Feludi , S. 1991 . Backlash: The undeclared war against women , London : Chatto & Windus .
   Google Scholar
• Foucault , M. 1977 . Discipline and punish: The birth of the prison , London : Penguin .
   Google Scholar
• Franklin , B. 2004 . Education, education and indoctrination!: Packaging politics and the three ‘Rs’ . Journal of Education Policy , 19 ( 3 ) : 255 – 270 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gewirtz , S. , Dickson , M. and Power , S. 2004 . Unravelling a ‘spun’ policy: A case study of the constitutive role of ‘spin’ in the education policy process . Journal of Education Policy , 19 ( 3 ) : 321 – 342 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Giroux , H. 2004 . The terror of neoliberalism: Authoritarianism and the eclipse of democracy , Boulder, , London : Paradigm .
   Google Scholar
• Groundwater-Smith , S. , Mitchell , J. and Mockler , N. 2007 . Learning in the middle years: More than a transition , South Melbourne : Thomson .
   Google Scholar
• Guitierrez , K. , Asato , J. , Santos , M. and Gotanda , N. 2002 . Backlash pedagogy: Language and culture and the politics of reform . The Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies , 24 : 335 – 351 .
   Google Scholar
• Harradine , J. 1996 . What research tells us about school reform . National Schools Network Newsletter , 2 ( 2 ) : 4 – 5 .
   Google Scholar
• Hattam , R. and Prosser , B. " Unsettling deficit views of students and their communities ." Australian Educational Researcher , 2008
   Google Scholar
• Hayes , D. , Mills , M. , Christie , P. and Lingard , B. 2006 . Teachers and schooling making a difference: Productive pedagogies, assessment and performance , Crows Nest : Allen & Unwin .
   Google Scholar
• Howard, J. (2006). Address to quadrant magazine 50th anniversary dinner. transcript. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20520355-601,00.html (Accessed: 28 March 2008 ).
   Google Scholar
• Lingard , B. 1998 . The disadvantaged schools program: Caught between literacy and local school management . International Journal of Inclusive Education , 2 ( 1 ) : 1 – 14 .
   Google Scholar
• Lingard , B. and Rawolle , S. 2005 . Mediatising educational policy: The journalistic field, science policy and cross field effects . Journal of Education Policy , 10 ( 3 ) : 361 – 380 .
   Google Scholar
• Lowenthal , L. and Guterman , N. 1949 . Prophets of deceit: A study of the techniques of the American agitator , New York : Harper and Brothers .
   Google Scholar
• Luke , A. , Elkins , J. , Weir , K. , Land , R. , Carrington , V. Dole , S. 2003 . Beyond the middle: A report about literacy and numeracy development of target group students in the middle years of schooling, Volume 1 , Canberra : DEST .
   Google Scholar
• McGaw , B . 2007 . Measuring the intangible. Paper presented at the WA Secondary School Executives Association Conference , : 17 – 19 . Perth
   Google Scholar
• McLaren , P. 1989 . Life in schools: An introduction to critical pedagogy in the foundations of education , London : Longman .
   Google Scholar
• Nelson , B. 2003 . Nationally consistent schools , Canberra : Edited Interview Transcript. Parliament House .
   Google Scholar
• Nelson , B. 2004 . Making schools better. Paper presented at Making Schools Better Conference , The University of Melbourne .
   Google Scholar
• Nelson , B. 2005a . Inquiry into teacher training , Canberra : Press Conference. Parliament House .
   Google Scholar
• Nelson , B. 2005b . Underpinning prosperity: Our agenda in education, science and training. Paper presented at Sustaining Prosperity Conference , University of Melbourne .
   Google Scholar
• Nelson , B. August 10 2005c . National press club address August 10 , Canberra
   Google Scholar
• Nelson , B. 28 September 2005d . Transcript of the Address given to the Schooling for the 21^st Century Conference 28 September , Sydney
   Google Scholar
• Nelson , B. 2005e . An Australian certificate of education – moving towards national consistency , Media Release .
   Google Scholar
• Nelson, B. (2005f, February 13). Meet the press interview. Network Ten Australia. http://www.dest.gov.au/Ministers/Media/Nelson/2005/02/tran130205.asp (Accessed: 28 March 2008 ).
   Google Scholar
• Nelson, B. (2005g, February 17). Brendan Nelson announces national inquiry into teacher training. World Today Interview, ABC Radio. http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2005/s1305034.htm (Accessed: 25 March 2008 ).
   Google Scholar
• Nelson , B. September 15 2005h . Official hansard , September 15 , Canberra : House of Representatives .
   Google Scholar
• Pinar , W. 2004 . What is curriculum theory? , Mahwah, New Jersey : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates .
   Google Scholar
• Prosser , B. 2008 . Unfinished but not exhausted: A review of Australian middle schooling . Australian Journal of Education , 52 ( 2 ) : 151 – 167 .
   Google Scholar
• Rizvi , F. 1994 . “ Devolution in education: Three contrasting perspectives ” . In Devolution, decentralisation and recentralisation: The structure of Australian schooling , Edited by: Martin , R. , McCollow , J. , McFarlane , L. , McMundo , G. , Graham , J. and Hull , R. 1 – 5 . Buckingham : Open University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Ryan , C. and Watson , L. 2004 . The drift to private schools in Australia: Understanding its features. Discussion Paper No. 479 , Australian National University, Centre for Economic Policy Research .
   Google Scholar
• Smyth , J. , McInerney , P. and Hattam , R. 2003 . Tackling school leaving at its source: a case of reform in the middle years of schooling . British Journal of Sociology of Education , 24 ( 2 ) : 177 – 193 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Smyth , J. and Hattam , R. 2004 . ‘Dropping out’, drifting off, being excluded: Becoming somebody without school , New York : Peter Lang .
   Google Scholar
• Smyth , J. 2007 . The politics of reform of teachers’ work and the consequences for schools: Some implications for teacher eduaction . Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education , 34 ( 3 ) : 301 – 319 .
   Google Scholar
• Smyth , J. and McInerney , P. 2007 . Teachers in the middle: Reclaiming the wasteland of the adolescent years of schooling , New York : Peter Lang .
   Google Scholar
• Thomson , P. 2002 . Schooling the rustbelt kids: Making the difference in changing times , Crows Nest : Allen & Unwin .
   Google Scholar