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- Publisher
- SAGE
- Copyright
- © 1984 Australian Council for Educational Research.
- ISSN
- 0004-9441
- eISSN
- 2050-5884
- DOI
- 10.1177/000494418402800316
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
Book Reviews 333 pect. Sherman's two chapters have a number of blithe references to the 'common history, tradition and educational issues' (p. 36) of Australia and the USA. White Australia was from its inception a creation of government, giving Australia a centralist tradition, while a different history has given the USA a tradition of local con- trol. No worthwhile analysis of educational policy in the two countries can be made if this key difference is not understood. A related point concerns the nature of federal government. Can any writer talk meaningfully about one part of government while being ignorant of others? Most writers confine their attention to policy making at the national level only. It is misleading to talk of the Australian Government's attitude to state aid or the disadvan- taged without remembering that state governments also have policies in these areas, sometimes supplementary to the national policy, and sometimes completely contradic- tory. In addition, each State has its own political culture, its own teachers unions, and its own blend of Australian cultural traditions. Thus, while right-wing groups suc- ceeded in mobilizing opposition to Man: A Course of Study in Queensland in the late 1970s, they failed to do
Journal
Australian Journal of Education – SAGE
Published: Nov 1, 1984