Funded Research Project

Academic Curriculum and School Setting : How school subjects live different lives in different schools

Chief Investigator: Professor Richard Teese

Funded by: ARC Discovery Project grant 2005–2007

Project Summary: What is it about some schools that enables success to occur even in the most unlikely settings: This project will investigate differences in how the senior school subjects of mathematics, English and chemistry are 'delivered' in particular settings, despite curricula that are centrally determined and examined. It will explore the impact of factors such as school organisation, teaching and assessment methods, teaching resources and student background characteristics on students' experience of, and success in, these subjects. This project will identify the changes in curricula, school organisation and teaching needed for more students to successfully complete their senior secondary education.