COVID-19 and Inequities in Australian Education – Insights on Federalism, Autonomy, and Access
The current COVID19 pandemic has forced major adjustments, often at short notice, on schools and schooling. Educators have been working in a constantly changing environment to continue to deliver for students, families and communities all the while maintaining the necessary supports for themselves a...
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Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management
2020
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| author | Eacott, Scott MacDonald, Katrina Keddie, Amanda Wilkinson, Jane Niesche, Richard Gobby, Brad Fernandez, Irene |
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| description | The current COVID19 pandemic has forced major adjustments, often at short notice, on schools and schooling. Educators have been working in a constantly changing environment to continue to deliver for students, families and communities all the while maintaining the necessary supports for themselves and colleagues. In Australia this has led to debates concerning when and who can close schools, the authority of schools to enact context-sensitive activities, and amplified existing inequities. Informed by a larger Australian Research Council grant focused on school autonomy and social justice, we argue that the pandemic and responses to it have highlighted the idiosyncratic nature of Australian federalism, drawn greater attention to the role of school autonomy, and amplified inequities in the access to quality education irrespective of location. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-823662021-01-21T06:46:36Z COVID-19 and Inequities in Australian Education – Insights on Federalism, Autonomy, and Access Eacott, Scott MacDonald, Katrina Keddie, Amanda Wilkinson, Jane Niesche, Richard Gobby, Brad Fernandez, Irene The current COVID19 pandemic has forced major adjustments, often at short notice, on schools and schooling. Educators have been working in a constantly changing environment to continue to deliver for students, families and communities all the while maintaining the necessary supports for themselves and colleagues. In Australia this has led to debates concerning when and who can close schools, the authority of schools to enact context-sensitive activities, and amplified existing inequities. Informed by a larger Australian Research Council grant focused on school autonomy and social justice, we argue that the pandemic and responses to it have highlighted the idiosyncratic nature of Australian federalism, drawn greater attention to the role of school autonomy, and amplified inequities in the access to quality education irrespective of location. 2020 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82366 http://cceam.net/publications/isea/isea-2020-vol-48-no-3/ Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Eacott, Scott MacDonald, Katrina Keddie, Amanda Wilkinson, Jane Niesche, Richard Gobby, Brad Fernandez, Irene COVID-19 and Inequities in Australian Education – Insights on Federalism, Autonomy, and Access |
| title | COVID-19 and Inequities in Australian Education – Insights on Federalism, Autonomy, and Access |
| title_full | COVID-19 and Inequities in Australian Education – Insights on Federalism, Autonomy, and Access |
| title_fullStr | COVID-19 and Inequities in Australian Education – Insights on Federalism, Autonomy, and Access |
| title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19 and Inequities in Australian Education – Insights on Federalism, Autonomy, and Access |
| title_short | COVID-19 and Inequities in Australian Education – Insights on Federalism, Autonomy, and Access |
| title_sort | covid-19 and inequities in australian education – insights on federalism, autonomy, and access |
| url | http://cceam.net/publications/isea/isea-2020-vol-48-no-3/ http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82366 |