School Autonomy Reform and Social Justice in Australian Public Education

This book explores the social justice implications of school autonomy reform within the context of public education in Australia. It is situated within and framed by global concerns about how public schools are navigating their ‘autonomy’ within increasingly marketised education systems. Drawing on...

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Hauptverfasser: Keddie, Amanda, MacDonald, Katrina, Gobby, Brad, Blackmore, Jill, Wilkinson, Jane, Eacott, Scott, Niesche, Richard
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Gobby, Brad
Blackmore, Jill
Wilkinson, Jane
Eacott, Scott
Niesche, Richard
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description This book explores the social justice implications of school autonomy reform within the context of public education in Australia. It is situated within and framed by global concerns about how public schools are navigating their ‘autonomy’ within increasingly marketised education systems. Drawing on extensive interviews with stakeholders and five in-depth case study schools, the book calls attention to the ways in which the intentions of school autonomy reform to offer schools more freedom to make their own decisions and manage their own responsibilities have become increasingly contained by the market imperatives of economic efficiency, competition and public accountability driving state and national education systems. We build on and enrich existing research in this area that highlights how market imperatives continue to exacerbate inequality within and between schools and their systems. An essential read for researchers, policy makers, principals and teachers worldwide, the book provides insight into how education systems can better support public schools to mobilise their autonomy in socially just ways.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1736212026-03-19T13:25:41Z School Autonomy Reform and Social Justice in Australian Public Education Keddie, Amanda MacDonald, Katrina Gobby, Brad Blackmore, Jill Wilkinson, Jane Eacott, Scott Niesche, Richard School autonomy Australia Public schooling Public education Reform Socio-cultural history Policy history Social justice Marketisation Principals Teachers Leaders Leadership Professional autonomy Competition Entrepreneurialism thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNK Educational administration and organization thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKS Social welfare and social services::JKSN Social work thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNF Educational strategies and policy thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education This book explores the social justice implications of school autonomy reform within the context of public education in Australia. It is situated within and framed by global concerns about how public schools are navigating their ‘autonomy’ within increasingly marketised education systems. Drawing on extensive interviews with stakeholders and five in-depth case study schools, the book calls attention to the ways in which the intentions of school autonomy reform to offer schools more freedom to make their own decisions and manage their own responsibilities have become increasingly contained by the market imperatives of economic efficiency, competition and public accountability driving state and national education systems. We build on and enrich existing research in this area that highlights how market imperatives continue to exacerbate inequality within and between schools and their systems. An essential read for researchers, policy makers, principals and teachers worldwide, the book provides insight into how education systems can better support public schools to mobilise their autonomy in socially just ways. 2026-03-19T13:25:40Z 2026-03-19T13:25:40Z 2026-03-02T18:17:13Z 2025 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/111097 9781040436288 9781032676647 9781040436523 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/173621 eng Local/Global Issues in Education open access image/jpeg n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/111097/1/9781040436288.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781032676647 10.4324/9781032676647 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 9781040436288 9781032676647 9781040436523 Routledge 286 Oxford open access
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Policy history
Social justice
Marketisation
Principals
Teachers
Leaders
Leadership
Professional autonomy
Competition
Entrepreneurialism
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Keddie, Amanda
MacDonald, Katrina
Gobby, Brad
Blackmore, Jill
Wilkinson, Jane
Eacott, Scott
Niesche, Richard
School Autonomy Reform and Social Justice in Australian Public Education
title School Autonomy Reform and Social Justice in Australian Public Education
title_full School Autonomy Reform and Social Justice in Australian Public Education
title_fullStr School Autonomy Reform and Social Justice in Australian Public Education
title_full_unstemmed School Autonomy Reform and Social Justice in Australian Public Education
title_short School Autonomy Reform and Social Justice in Australian Public Education
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topic School autonomy
Australia
Public schooling
Public education
Reform
Socio-cultural history
Policy history
Social justice
Marketisation
Principals
Teachers
Leaders
Leadership
Professional autonomy
Competition
Entrepreneurialism
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNK Educational administration and organization
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thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology
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Public education
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Policy history
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Marketisation
Principals
Teachers
Leaders
Leadership
Professional autonomy
Competition
Entrepreneurialism
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