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PUBLIC POLICY AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS: TEACHER EDUCATION, 1960–1972 *
Author(s) -
Gibson Wendy,
Price Eileen
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
australian journal of public administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-8500
pISSN - 0313-6647
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8500.1978.tb00423.x
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , public administration , autonomy , political science , public policy , state (computer science) , higher education , control (management) , education policy , economic growth , economics , management , law , philosophy , linguistics , algorithm , computer science
This is a case study of some aspects of teacher education policy formation in Australia. Between 1960 and 1972 the States sought to obtain from the national government specific purpose grant‐aid for the training of their teachers, in addition to that already provided indirectly by grants to the States for their universities. The national government gave way, step‐by‐step, to this pressure, but “imposed” the broad condition of corporate “autonomy” for grant‐aided tertiary educational institutions, instead of State departmental “control” of teacher training. The paper also considers what perspectives are suggested by this case study for the development of theories of public policy in the Australian federal system of government.