Funded Research Project

Project Title: School knowledge, working knowledge and the knowing subject: a review of state curriculum policies 1975 - 2005

Chief Investigator: Professor Lyn Yates

Funded by: ARC Discovery Project grant 2007–2008

Project Summary: Schooling is a central institution for forming the knowledge, workers and citizens of Australia's future, and this is a period of widespread curriculum change. This project's systematic review of state differences is an important resource for moves in a 'nationally consistent' direction. The project charts what is and is not being taken up in relation to new vocational agendas and new conceptions of knowledge. It provides a fresh perspective on Australian curriculum emphases, competing agendas, issues to be addressed and makes possible a more realistic appraisal of the conditions in which innovation and reform need to be developed.

For more details see the Curriculum Policies Project website.