Funded Research Project

Project Title: Education Investment in Australian Schooling: Serving Public Purposes*

Chief Investigator(s): Professor Alan Reid; Associate Professor Neil Cranston; Professor Jack Keating; Professor WR Mulford -

Funded by: ARC Linkage Project grant 2007–2008

Project Summary: The public purposes of schooling are central to the social and economic health of Australian society, since they provide a basis for realising the goals and aspirations of that society. This project will use the insights and current practices of many school communities to establish how the purposes of schooling are currently understood and enacted. This clarification will be used as the basis for (a) a reassessment and refinement of such policy statements as the National Goals of Schooling; (b) professional development activities and resources and sharing of good practice; and (c) the development of instruments for assessing the achievement of public purposes.

* Administered by the University of South Australia.