Hi All, On 16/06/13 21:06, Tim Josling wrote: ...
Can someone enlighten me about the rationale of the Gonski reforms?
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Can anyone reassure me that my hard earned tax dollars are being spent wisely here?
... I've got a Graduate Diploma in Post-Secondary Education, and a Cert IV in Assessment and Workplace Training. I've also got over 17 years experience in teaching/training in the military, private, TAFE, and university sectors -- in 3 different countries. And I've got a Master's degree in Public Policy, where my research was on efficiency in the public sector -- plus qualifications and successes in private-sector general management. More details on the above (including a copy of my Masters' paper) on my company website (below). I've spent incredibly little time on the Gonski topic. But in general terms and my gut feel is that: It was a well-done study, by quite competent experts. It will be milked by the state and federal governments for all the political capital it possibly can be. Then it will be poorly implemented by high-level careerist hacks. Key caveats will be ignored. Flashy things will be over-done. Crucial fundamentals will be under-done. Compliance and reporting will be done to death. As soon as the dust settles, and the teachers in the classrooms have just about got all the bugs out & it's fairly well working: The new Liberal Federal Education Minister will have gotten his bearings, conducted a "fact finding study", have listened to some other equally-capable (but Right-leaning) experts, and demanded that everything be un-done and replaced by his "new, improved" programme... Thus "making his mark" and "justifying why the voters needed to toss out the last mob and elect us". Carl Turney Bottom-line Ownership and Management Services www.boms.com.au