Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Professor Allan Luke quoted in Jacqui Elson-Green, 'Keeping education on the road: gospel according to Luke', Campus Review, December 17-23 2003, p. 11.

[2]        Australian Council for Educational Research, Submission 38, p. 3.

[3]        Professor Alan Reid, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 July 2007, p. 3.

[4]        Ibid, pp 2- 3.

[5]        Russell Tytler, Re-imagining Science Education: Engaging students in science for Australia's future, ACER, 2007, p. 67.

[6]        Debra Panizzon, Geoff Barnes, John Pegg, Exceptional Outcomes in Science Education, AESOP, 2007.

[7]        John Hattie,Teachers Make a Difference: What is the research evidence?, Australian Council for Education Research Annual Conference on Building Teacher Quality, October 2003, pp 1-2.

[8]        Dr Ken Rowe, The Importance of Teacher Quality as a Key Determinant of Student's Experiences and Outcomes of Schooling, Paper given to the ACER Research Council, 2003, p. 21.

[9]        Andrew Leigh, Estimating Teacher Effectiveness From Two-year Changes in Students' Test Scores, Research School of Social Sciences, ANU, 2007.

[10]      Dr Lawrence Ingvarson et al, Teacher Education Accreditation: A review of national and international trends and practices, Teaching Australia, August 2006, pp10-11.

[11]      Professor Bill Louden, Submission 73, p. 3.

[12]      House of Representatives Standing Committee on Education and Vocational Training, Top of the Class: report on the inquiry into teacher education, February 2007, p. 59.

[13]      Professor Michael O'Neill, Committee Hansard, Perth, 2 July 2007, p. 41.

[14]      Professor Greg Robson, Committee Hansard, Perth, 2 July 2007, p. 41.

[15]      Committee for the Review of Teaching and Teacher Education, Australia's Teachers: Australia's Future, Main Report, DEST 2003, p. 145.

[16]      Parliament of Victoria: Education and Training Committee, Step Up, Step In, Step Out: Report on the Inquiry into the Suitability of Pre-Service Teacher Training in Victoria, February 2005, p. xx1.

[17]      An additional $77 million was appropriated for the 2007-11 triennium to be spent on teacher practicums. Portfolio Budget Statements 2007-08, DEST, Paper No. 1.5, p. 43.

[18]      Senate EET References Committee. A Class Act: Inquiry into the Status of the Teaching Profession, March 2008, p. 217 passim.

[19]      Australian Council for Educational Research, Submission 38, p. 6.

[20]      Professor Margaret Britz et al, Submission 61, p. 2.

[21]      Queensland Department of Education, Training and the Arts, Submission 54, p. 21.

[22]      Andrew Leigh, Estimating Teacher Effectiveness From Two-Year Changes in Students' Test Scores, 2007, p. 19 at http://econrsss.anu.edu.au/-aleigh/

[23]      Mr Roy Martin, Australian Education Union, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 June 2007, p. 6.

[24]      Mrs Valerie Gould, Association of Independent Schools of Western Australia, Committee Hansard, Perth, 2 July 2007, p. 8.

[25]      Professor Bill Louden, Submission 73, p. 3.

[26]      Professor Ken Eltis, Focussing on Learning: Report of the Review of Outcomes and Profiles in New South Wales Schooling, DET, August 1995, p. 41.

[27]      Professor Gregory Robson, Edith Cowan University, Committee Hansard, Perth, 2 July 2007, p. 45.

[28]      Professor Ken Eltis, Focussing on Learning: Report of the Review of Outcomes and Profiles in New South Wales Schooling, DET, August 1995, p. 79.

[29]      Australian Council for Educational Research, Submission 38, p. 3.

[30]      A reason often cited for the adoption of a national schools curriculum is remove disadvantage from families which move regularly between states on job postings. Only about 3 per cent of students are affected by this, and the extent of their disadvantage is not known. Advice to the committee suggests that interstate movements are no more problematic than transfers within states, and that there is no significant disadvantage.  

[31]      Professor Alan Reid, Australian Curriculum Studies Association, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 July 2007, pp 3-5.

[32]      Professor Bill Louden, Submission 73, p. 2.

[33]      Senate EWRE Committee, Indigenous Education Funding Arrangements, June 2005.

Chapter 2 - Standards, Assessment and Reporting

[1]        Barry McGaw, 'Resourced for a world of difference', The Australian, 1 August 2007, p. 25.

[2]        Australian Council for Educational Research, Submission 38, p. 2; Dr Kevin Donnelly, Submission 9, pp 3-4.

[3]        Professor Igor Bray, Submission 6, p. 1.

[4]        Australian Council for Educational Research, Submission 38, p. 2.

[5]        Dr Dahle Suggett, Department of Education, Victoria, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 26 June 2007, p. 19.

[6]        Australian Education Union, Submission 14, p. 4.

[7]        Dr Jan Turbill, Australian Literacy Educators' Association, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 11 July 2007, p. 13; Queensland Secondary Principals' Association, Submission 56, p. 1;  Australian Education Union, Submission 14, p. 2.

[8]        Australian Association for the Teaching of English, Submission 3, p. 3.

[9]        For instance, Australian Association for the Teaching of English, Submission 3, p. 2; Association of Principals of Catholic Secondary Schools in Australia, Submission 16, p. 2.       

[10]      Ms Yvonne Meyer, Submission 17, p. 2; Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute, Submission 42, p. 2.

[11]      Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute, Submission 42, p. 2.

[12]      Mr Mark Howie, Australian Association for the Teaching of English, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 11 July 2007, pp 19-20.

[13]      Mr Bill Burmester, DEST, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 11 July 2007, p. 26.

[14]      Professor Bill Louden, Submission 73, pp 1-2.

[15]      Professor Gregory Robson, Edith Cowan University, Committee Hansard, Perth, 2 July 2007, p. 37.

[16]      Australian Education Union, Submission 14, p. 4.

[17]      Australian Council for Educational Research, Submission 38, p. 1.

[18]      Catholic Education Commission of Victoria, Submission 15, p. 2.

[19]      Australian Council for Educational Research, Submission 38, p. 1; Dr Phillip McKenzie, Australian Council for Educational Research, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 June 2007, p. 45.

[20]      Professor Michael O'Neill, University of Notre Dame Australia, Committee Hansard, Perth, 2 July 2007, p. 35.

[21]      Queensland Department of Education, Training and the Arts, Submission 54, p. 27; Australian Education Union, Submission 14, p. 13; Professor Gregory Robson, Edith Cowan University, Committee Hansard, Perth, 2 July 2007, p. 37.

[22]      Dr John Ridd, Submission 4, pp 1-2.

[23]      Australian Association of Christian Schools Ltd, Submission 34, pp 2 & 6.

[24]      Lutheran Education Australia, Submission 41, p. 5.

[25]      Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia, Submission 18, p. 1.

[26]      Mrs Diane Anderson, Queensland Catholic Education Commission, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 5 June 2007, p. 65. Also, Professor Claire Wyatt-Smith, Griffith University, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 5 June 2007, p. 90.

[27]      Professor Claire Wyatt-Smith, Griffith University, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 5 June 2007, pp 85-86.

[28]      Australian Council for Educational Research, Submission 38, p. 4.

[29]      Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute, Submission 42, p. 3; Ms Christine Cook, Department of Education and Training, Western Australia, Committee Hansard, Perth, 2 July 2007, pp 73-74.

[30]      Professor Kenneth Wiltshire, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 5 June 2007, pp 14-15.

[31]      Ms Yvonne Meyer, Submission 17, p. 2.

[32]      Mr John Firth, Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 26 June 2007, p. 20.

[33]      Professor Claire Wyatt-Smith, Griffith University, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 5 June 2007, pp 86-87. Also, Dr Kerry Hempenstall, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 June 2007, p. 21.

[34]      Independent Education Union of Australia, Submission 55, pp 8-9.

[35]      Dr Glenn Finger et al, Submission 46, p. 6.

[36]      Professor Claire Wyatt-Smith, Griffith University, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 5 June 2007, p. 86. Also, Ms Janine McIntosh, International Centre of Excellence for Education in Mathematics, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 26 June 2007, p. 34.

[37]      Mr Ian Ferguson, Queensland Secondary Principals' Association, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 5 June 2007, p. 35. Also, Dr Ruth Fielding-Barnsley, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 6 June 2007, p. 4; Dr Kerry Hempenstall, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 June 2007, p. 21.

[38]      Dr Jan Turbill, Australian Literacy Educators' Association, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 11 July 2007, p. 14.

[39]      Dr Ian Chambers, Australian Primary Principals' Association, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 17 May 2007, p. 21.

[40]      Australian Education Union, Submission 14, p. 7; Professor Alan Reid, Australian Curriculum Studies Association, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 July 2007, p. 2. For example, some qualities which are difficult to measure with standardised testing include creativity, critical thinking, resourcefulness, curiosity, spontaneity, et cetera.

[41]      Ms Pat Byrne, Australian Education Union, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 June 2007, pp 7-8 & 9. Also, Mr Chris Watt, Independent Education Union of Australia, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 26 June 2007, p. 12.

[42]      Mr Ian Ferguson, Queensland Secondary Principals' Association, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 5 June 2007, p. 38. Also, Mr Chris Watt, Independent Education Union of Australia, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 26 June 2007, p. 13; Australian Primary Principals' Association, Submission 43, p. 15 noting that 'teaching to the test' subverts the fundamental purpose of education by stifling genuine learning.

[43]      Australian Primary Principals' Association, Submission 43, p. 11.

[44]      Professor Max Coltheart, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 17 May 2007, p. 5; Australian Education Union, Submission 14, p. 33.

[45]      Mr Mark Rathjen, Living Waters Lutheran College, Committee Hansard, Perth, 2 July 2007, pp 55-56.

[46]      Australian Council for Educational Research, Submission 38, p. 1.

[47]      Professor Michael O'Neill, University of Notre Dame Australia, Committee Hansard, Perth, 2 July 2007, p. 44.

[48]      Mrs Valerie Gould, Association of Independent Schools of Western Australia, Committee Hansard, Perth, 2 July 2007, p. 3.

[49]      Professor Stephen Kessell, Committee Hansard, Perth, 2 July 2007, p. 62.

[50]      Ms Joy Schultz, Submission 59, p. 1.

[51]      Private Submission, Submission 23, pp 1-2. Also, Private Submission, Submission 29, pp 1-2.

[52]      Ms Yvonne Meyer, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 June 2007, p. 56.

[53]      Australian Primary Principals' Association, Submission 43, p. 14. Also, Dr Glenn Finger et al, Submission 46, p. 6.

[54]      Lutheran Education Australia, Submission 41, p. 6. Also, Mr Chris Watt, Independent Education Union of Australia, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 26 June 2007, p. 13.

[55]      Dr John Ridd, Submission 4, p. 11.

[56]      Mrs Valerie Gould, Association of Independent Schools of Western Australia, Committee Hansard, Perth, 2 July 2007, pp 8-9.

[57]      Professor Bill Louden, Submission 73, p. 7.

[58]      Professor Michael O'Neill, University of Notre Dame Australia, Committee Hansard, Perth, 2 July 2007, p. 44.

[59]      Mrs Valerie Gould, Association of Independent Schools of Western Australia, Committee Hansard, Perth, 2 July 2007, p. 10.

Chapter 3 - Quality Teaching

[1]        Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Teachers Matter: Attracting, Developing and Retaining Effective Teachers, OECD Publishing, 2005. Also, Dr Glenn Finger et al, Submission 46, pp 1-2; Australian Council for Educational Research, Submission 38, p. 6; Australian Literacy Educators' Association, Submission 26, p. 2.

[2]        Dr Grant Kleeman, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 17 May 2007, pp 58-59. Also, Mr Robert Johnston, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 17 May 2007, p. 62.

[3]        Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute, Submission 42, p. 1.

[4]        Professor Igor Bray, Committee Hansard, Perth, 2 July 2007, p. 23.

[5]        Mr Ian Ferguson, Queensland Secondary Principals' Association, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 5 June 2007, p. 36. Also, Dr Ruth Fielding-Barnsley, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 6 June 2007, p. 4; Marko Vojkovic, Submission 2, p. 2.

[6]        Dr Lawrence Ingvarsen, Australian Council for Educational Research, Committee Hansard (H of R), Melbourne, 7 June 2005, pp 13-14.

[7]        Mr Ewan McDonald, DEST, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 11 July 2007, p. 30. Also, Ms Roslyn Bell, Queensland College of Teachers, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 5 June 2007, p. 46.

[8]        Dr Ruth Fielding-Barnsley, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 6 June 2007, p. 3.

[9]        Ibid. Also, Dr Glenn Finger et al, Submission 46, pp 5-6.

[10]      Dr Kerry Hempenstall, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 June 2007, p. 18.

[11]      Ms Leonie Trimper, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 17 May 2007, p. 29; Ms Joy Schultz, Submission 59, p. 3.

[12]      Dr Kerry Hempenstall, Submission 5, p. 2; Ms Yvonne Meyer, Submission 17, p. 2; Professor Max Coltheart, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 17 May 2007, p. 4.

[13]      Professor Gregory Robson, Edith Cowan University, Committee Hansard, Perth, 2 July 2007, p. 40. Also, Professor Michael O'Neill, University of Notre Dame Australia, Committee Hansard, Perth, 2 July 2007, p. 41.

[14]      Professor Max Coltheart, Committee Hansard, 17 May 2007, p. 4.

[15]      Ibid, p. 5.

[16]      Ms Leonie Trimper, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 17 May 2007, p. 20.

[17]      Dr Ian Chambers, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 17 May 2007, p. 28. Also, Australian Education Union, Submission 14, p. 24.

[18]      Dr Ruth Fielding-Barnsley, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 6 June 2007, pp 11-12.

[19]      Ibid, p. 4.

[20]      Ibid, p. 6.

[21]      Department of Education, Science and Training, National Inquiry into the Teaching of Literacy: Report and Recommendations, December 2005; Jim Rose, Independent Review of the Teaching of Early Reading, March 2006; National Reading Panel, Teaching Children to Read, 2000.

[22]      Professor Kevin Wheldall et al, Submission 27, pp 1 & 3-4.

[23]      Professor Claire Wyatt-Smith, Griffith University, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 5 June 2007, p. 92. Also, Professor Michael O'Neill, University of Notre Dame Australia, Committee Hansard, Perth, 2 July 2007, p. 35.

[24]      Mr Chris Watt, Independent Education Union of Australia, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 26 June 2007, p. 12.

[25]      Professor Max Coltheart, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 17 May 2007, pp 7-8.

[26]      Professor Bill Louden, Submission 73, pp 10-11.

[27]      Ibid, p. 11.

[28]      Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers, Submission 21, pp 1-2. Also, Dr Glenn Finger et al, Submission 46, p. 7; Association of Consulting Engineers Australia, Submission 71, p. 6.

[29]      Ibid.

[30]      Assoc. Professor Wayne Read, James Cook University, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 6 June 2007, p. 13.

[31]      Ibid, p. 12.

[32]      Dr Thelma Perso, Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 5 June 2007, p. 59.

[33]      Ms Jan Thomas, Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute and International Centre of Excellence for Education in Mathematics, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 26 June 2007, p. 30.

[34]      Ibid, p. 31.

[35]      John Pegg, Debra Panizzon, Trevor Lynch, Identifying and Analysing Processes in NSW Public Schooling producing Outstanding Educational Outcomes in Mathematics, Conference Paper on forthcoming AESOP Project publication, UNE, 2007, p.6

Chapter 4 - Curriculum

[1]        Queensland College of Teachers, Submission 53, p. 3.

[2]        Dr Kevin Donnelly, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 June 2007, p. 31.

[3]        DEST, Teaching Reading, Report of the National Inquiry into the Teaching of Literacy, p. 28.

[4]        Middle Years of Schooling Association, Submission 10, p. 4.

[5]        Ibid.

[6]        Bruce Wilson, Unlocking potential. Paper given at the 2005 ANZSOG conference, University of Sydney, quoted in Teaching Reading – National Inquiry into the Teaching of Literacy, DEST, December 2005, p. 29.

[7]        Dr Phillip McKenzie, Australian Council for Educational Research, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 June 2007, p. 42.

[8]        Department of Education, Tasmania, Submission 35, p. 6.

[9]        Queensland, Department of Education, Training and the Arts, Submission 54, pp 7-9.

[10]      Ms Lesley Englert, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 5 June 2007, p. 80.

[11]      Queensland, Department of Education, Training and the Arts, Submission 54, pp 12 & 15-19.

[12]      Australian Council for Educational Research, Submission 38, p. 3.

[13]      Mr Vincent Feeney, Association of Principals of Catholic Secondary Schools in Australia, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 June 2007, p. 71.

[14]      Bruce Wilson, How we got the curriculum wrong, Paper presented at Queensland Secondary Principals' Association (QSPA) Conference 2003, 4-6 June, Gold Coast, p. 5.

[15]      Dr Kevin Donnelly, Submission 9, p. 23. Also, Professor Michael O'Neill, University of Notre Dame Australia, Committee Hansard, Perth, 2 July 2007, p. 35; Professor Gregory Robson, Edith Cowan University, Committee Hansard, Perth, 2 July 2007, pp 41 & 45.

[16]      Professor Bill Louden, Submission 73, p. 8.

[17]      Ms Sharyn O'Neill, Department of Education and Training, Western Australia, Committee Hansard, Perth, 2 July 2007, p. 80.

[18]      Australian Primary Principals' Association, Submission 43, p. 8.

[19]      Ibid, p. 6.

[20]      DEST, The Sufficiency of Resources for Australian Primary Schools, 28 June 2007, p. 107.

[21]      Australian Geography Teachers' Association, Submission 25, p. 2.

[22]      Ms Leonie Trimper, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 17 May 2007, p. 18.

[23]      Lutheran Education Australia, Submission 41, p. 2.

[24]      Dr Glenn Finger et al, Submission 46, p. 3.

[25]      Department for Education and Skills, Time for Standards: Reforming the School Workforce¸ October 2002.

[26]      DEST, The Sufficiency of Resources for Australian Primary Schools, 28 June 2007, p. 102.

[27]      Ms Leonie Trimper, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 17 May 2007, p. 26.

[28]      Cardiff Primary School, Submission 8, p. 8.

[29]      Justine Ferrari, 'Primary schools to focus on the basics', The Australian, 2 August 2007, p. 3. For a criticism of the Charter, see Michael Clyne, Susy Puszka and Leonie Brown, 'Why we must fear core values', The Age, 3 September 2007, p. 20.

[30]      Ms Joy Schultz, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 5 June 2007, p. 103.

[31]      Ms Joy Schultz, Submission 59, p. 3.

[32]      Mr Rodney Knight, Victorian History Teachers' Association, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 26 June 2007, p. 5.

[33]      Mr Nicholas Ewbank, Australian History Teachers' Association, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 26 June 2007, p. 5.

[34]      Mr Nicholas Ewbank, Mr Rodney Knight and Mr Michael Spurr, Australian History Teachers' Association and Victorian History Teachers' Association, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 26 June 2007, pp 4-5.

[35]      Dr Grant Kleeman, Australian Geography Teachers' Association, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 17 May 2007, p. 56.

[36]      Mr Nicholas Ewbank, Mr Rodney Knight and Mr Michael Spurr, Australian History Teachers' Association and Victorian History Teachers' Association, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 26 June 2007, p. 4.

[37]      Australian Geography Teachers' Association, Submission 25, p. 2.

[38]      Dr Grant Kleeman, Australian Geography Teachers' Association, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 17 May 2007, p. 50.

[39]      Ibid.

[40]      Ibid.

[41]      Zevenbergen, R. and Lerman, S. (2005) Numeracy, Equity ICT: Final Report. Brisbane: Centre for Learning Research, Griffith University, recently found that teachers make little use of ICTs to support learning. Also, Assoc. Professor Wayne Read, James Cook University, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 6 June 2007, p. 13.

[42]      Mr Vincent Feeney, Association of Principals of Catholic Secondary Schools in Australia, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 June 2007, p. 77.

[43]      Professor Garth Gaudry, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 26 June 2007, p. 29.

[44]      Ibid.

[45]      Dr Thelma Perso, Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 5 June 2007, p. 55.

Chapter 5 - Matriculation standards and an Australian Certificate of Education

[1]        Australian Council for Educational Research, Year 12 Curriculum Content and Achievement Standards, 31 January 2007.

[2]        Professor Garth Gaudry, International Centre of Excellence for Education in Mathematics, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 26 June 2007, p. 28.

[3]        Mr Bill Burmester, DEST, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 11 July 2007, p. 34.

[4]        Ibid. Also, Queensland Catholic Education Commission, Submission 45, p. 4; Queensland Department of Education, Training and the Arts, Submission 54, p. 23; Newcastle Students' Association, Submission 30.

[5]        Professor Claire Wyatt-Smith, Griffith University, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 5 June 2007, p. 91. Also, Mr Ian Ferguson, Queensland Secondary Principals' Association, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 5 June 2007, p. 31.

[6]        Ms Lesley Englert, Queensland Department of Education, Training and the Arts, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 5 June 2007, p. 77. Also, Mr  Ian Ferguson, Queensland Secondary Principals' Association, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 5 June 2007, p. 25;  Mrs Diane Anderson, Queensland Catholic Education Commission, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 5 June 2007, pp 64-65; Ms Joy Schultz, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 5 June 2007, p. 99.

[7]        Professor Kenneth Wiltshire, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 5 June 2007, p. 13. Also, Dr Thelma Perso, Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers Inc, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 5 June 2007, p. 60.

[8]        Professor Barry McGaw, Shaping Their Future: recommendations for reform of the Higher School Certificate, Department of Education and Training, New South Wales, 1997, p. 85.

[9]        Professor Garth Gaudry, International Centre of Excellence for Education in Mathematics, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 26 June 2007, p. 28.

[10]      Professor Bill Louden, Submission 73, p. 12.

[11]      Professor Alan Reid, Australian Curriculum Studies Association, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 July 2007, p. 14.

[12]      Professor Stephen Kessell, 'Changes have not solved OBE problem', West Australian, 14 July 2006, p. 18 and WA, Department of Education and Training, Submission 70, pp 2-3.

[13]      Ms Sharyn O'Neill, Answers to Questions on Notice, Report Tabled Papers.

[14]      Ibid.

[15]      Australian Council of State School Organisations, Submission 12, p. 4.

[16]      Professor Graeme Turner, The Australian, 30 May 2007, p. 25.

[17]      Anna Patty, 'Educators round on English syllabus', The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 September 2007.

[18]      Dr Kerry Hempenstall, Submission 5, p. 2. Also, Professor James Allan, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 5 June 2007, pp 2-5; Professor Stephen Kessell, Committee Hansard, Perth, 2 July 2007, p. 60.

[19]      Professor Claire Wyatt- Smith, Griffith University, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 5 June 2007, p. 87.

[20]      Mrs Olwyn Gray, Council of Professional Teaching Associations of Victoria, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 June 2007, p. 64. Also, Ms Lesley Englert, Queensland Department of Education, Training and the Arts, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 5 June 2007, p. 84.

[21]      Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute, Submission 42, pp 4-5. Also, Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers, Submission 21, p. 2; Dr John Ridd, Submission 4, pp 3, 5-6.

[22]      Assoc Professor Wayne Read, Submission 48, pp 2-3. Also, Dr John Ridd, Submission 4, p. 3; Mr Robert Aikenhead, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 June 2007, p. 64; Professor Igor Bray, Committee Hansard, Perth, 2 July 2007, p. 25; Mr  Bill Burmester, DEST, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 11 July 2007, p. 27.

[23]      Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute, Submission 42, p. 5.

[24]      Professor Stephen Kessell, Submission 13, p. 1.

[25]      Dr Richard Rowe et al, Submission 20, p. 3. Also, Dr Peter Ridd, James Cook University, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 6 June 2007, p. 15.

[26]      Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute, Submission 42, p. 4.

[27]      Frank Barrington and Peter Brown, Comparison of Year 12 pre-tertiary mathematics subjects in Australia, October 2005, p. iv.

[28]      Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers, Submission 21, p. 1. Also, Professor Garth Gaudry, International Centre of Excellence for Education in Mathematics, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 26 June 2007, pp 30-32.

[29]      Professor Stephen Kessell, Committee Hansard, Perth, 2 July 2007, p. 64. Also, Assoc Professor Wayne Read & Dr Peter Ridd, James Cook University, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 6 June 2007, pp 14-15. Also, Professor Igor Bray, Committee Hansard, Perth, 2 July 2007, p. 27; Ms Jan Thomas, Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute and International Centre of Excellence for Education in Mathematics, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 26 June 2007, p. 32;  Professor Margaret Britz, Queensland University of Technology, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 6 June 2007, p. 26.

[30]      Professor Margaret Britz, Queensland University of Technology, Committee Hansard, Brisbane 6 June 2007, p. 31.

[31]      Professor Margaret Britz et al, Submission 61, p. 2. Also, Professor Stephen Kessell, Submission 13, pp 1-2.

[32]      Dr Richard Rowe et al, Submission 20, p. 2; Professor Margaret Britz et al, Submission 61, p. 1.

[33]      Association of Consulting Engineers Australia, Submission 71, p. 5. Also, Australian Council for Educational Research, Submission 38, p. 3.

[34]      Ms Megan Motto, Association of Consulting Engineers Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 11 July 2007, p. 38. Also, Professor Margaret Britz, Queensland University of Technology, Committee Hansard, Brisbane 6 June 2007, pp 27-9; Professor Igor Bray, Committee Hansard, Perth, 2 July 2007, p. 27.

[35]      Australian Council of Deans of Science, 'Who's Teaching Science? Meeting the demand for qualified science teachers in Australian secondary schools', January 2005, Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne quoted in Association of Consulting Engineers Australia, Submission 71, p. 8. Also, Professor Bill Louden, Submission 73, p. 10.

[36]      Dr Richard Rowe et al, Submission 20, p. 2.

[37]      Mr Robert Aikenhead, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 June 2007, p. 63.

[38]      Dr Richard Rowe et al, Submission 20, p. 1.

[39]      Professor Margaret Britz et al, Submission 60, p. 1.

[40]      Professor Margaret Britz, Queensland University of Technology, Committee Hansard, Brisbane 6 June 2007, p. 27.

[41]      Australian Council for Educational Research, Year 12 Curriculum Content and Achievement Standards, DEST, 31 January 2007.

[42]      Independent Education Union of Australia, Submission 55, p. 27 and Australian Education Union, Submission 14, p. 30.

[43]      Australian Association of Christian Schools, Submission 34, p. 7. Also, Lutheran Education Australia, Submission 41, p. 5.

[44]      Association of Consulting Engineers Australia, Submission 71, p. 7.

[45]      Australian Council for Educational Research, Year 12 Curriculum Content and Achievement Standards, DEST, 31 January 2007, pp 75-76.

[46]      Mr Paul Dickie, Parents and Friends Federation of Catholic Schools, Queensland, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 5 June 2007, p. 64. Also, Ms Yvonne Meyer, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 June 2007, p. 57; Professor Stephen Kessell, Committee Hansard, Perth, 2 July 2007, p. 65.

[47]      Assoc Professor Wayne Read, James Cook University, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 6 June 2007, p. 14.

Chapter 6 - The teaching profession

Current government school salaries in incremental stages, 2005 and 2006.

Source: Lawrence Ingvarson, Elizabeth Kleinhenz, Jenny Wilkinson, Research on Performance Pay for Teachers, ACER, March 2007, p. 37.

[1]        Professor Bill Louden, Submission 73, p. 4.

[2]        Senate EET References Committee, A Class Act: Inquiry into the Status of the Teaching Profession, March 1998, p. 1.

[3]        Geoff Masters, Marion Meiers and Ken Rowe, Assessment and Reporting of Learning Progress: The importance of monitoring growth, ACER, April 2005, p. 1.

[4]        Dr Phillip McKenzie, Australian Council for Educational Research, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 June 2007, p. 41. Also, Mr Robert Aikenhead, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 June 2007, p. 67.

[5]        Gregor Ramsay, Quality Matters: Revitalising teaching: Critical times, critical choices, DET, New South Wales, November 2002, p. 127.

[6]        Alan Barcan, 'The disputed curriculum', Quadrant, June 2005, p. 45.

[7]        Australian Education Union, Submission 14, p. 24.

[8]        Mr Ian Ferguson, Queensland Secondary Principals' Association, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 5 June 2007, p. 32.

[9]        Independent Education Union of Australia, Submission 55, p. 24.

[10]      Ms Louise Zarmati, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 17 May 2007, p. 69; Mrs Olwyn Gray, Council of Professional Teaching Associations of Victoria, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 June 2007, p. 62; Ms Joy Schultz, Submission 59, p. 3.

[11]      Dr Lawrence Ingvarson, Evidence to the H of R Committee on Education and Training, H of R Committee Hansard, 7 June 2005, p. 13.

[12]      Professor Igor Bray, Committee Hansard, Perth, 2 July 2007, p. 22.

[13]      Professor Bill Louden, Submission 73, p. 4.

[14]      Mr Gary Barnes, Queensland Department of Education, Training and the Arts, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 5 June 2007, p. 44; Professor Bill Louden, Submission 73, p. 4.

[15]      Professor Igor Bray, Committee Hansard, Perth, 2 July 2007, p. 21.

[16]      Professor Igor Bray, Submission 6, p. 1; Mr Vincent Feeney, Association of Principals of Catholic Secondary Schools in Australia, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 June 2007, p. 70; Dr Glenn Finger et al, Submission 46, p. 3; Independent Education Union of Australia, Submission 55, p. 22.

[17]      Mr Vincent Feeney, Association of Principals of Catholic Secondary Schools in Australia, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 June 2007, p. 72. Also, Professor Alan Reid, Australian Curriculum Studies Association, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 July 2007, p. 13.

[18]      Alan Bullock & Stephen Trombley, The New Fontana Dictionary of Modern Thought, London, Harper-Collins, 1999, p. 689.

[19]      Professor Igor Bray, Committee Hansard, Perth, 2 July 2007, p. 32; Mr Chris Watt, Independent Education Union of Australia, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 26 June 2007, p. 14.

[20]      Professor Michael O'Neill, University of Notre Dame Australia, Committee Hansard, Perth, 2 July 2007, pp 35-36.

[21]      Australian Council for Educational Research, Submission 38, p. 6. Also, Dr Glenn Finger et al, Submission 46, pp 4-5; Mr Marko Vojkovic, Submission 2, p. 1.

[22]      Australian Council for Educational Research, Submission 38, p. 6.

[23]      Dr Lawrence Ingvarson, Elizabeth Kleinhenz and Jenny Wilkinson, Research on Performance Pay for Teachers, ACER, March 2007.

[24]      Ibid, pp 13-17.

[25]      Ms Pat Byrne, Australian Education Union, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 June 2007, p. 4.

[26]      Dr Glenn Finger et al, Submission 46, p. 5.

[27]      Mr Ian Ferguson, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 5 June 2007, p. 27.

[28]      Mrs Olwyn Gray, Council of Professional Teaching Associations of Victoria, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 June 2007, p. 67.

[29]      Mrs Valerie Gould, Association of Independent Schools of Western Australia, Committee Hansard, Perth, 2 July 2007, p. 8.

Opposition Senators' Report

[1]        Independent Education Union of Australia, Submission 55, p. 5.

[2]        Dr Glenn Finger et al, Submission 46, p. 3.

[3]        Professor Kevin Wheldall et al, Submission 27, p. 5.

[4]        Dr Kerry Hempenstall, Submission 5, p. 2.

[5]        Professor Bill Louden, Submission 73, p. 7.

[6]        Professor Bill Louden, Submission 73, p. 14.

[7]        Committee majority report, Chapter 2, p. 9.

[8]        Australian Council for Educational Research, Submission 38, p. 1.

[9]        Australian Education Union, Submission 14, p. 11.

[10]      Independent Education Union of Australia, Submission 55, p. 17.

[11]      Committee majority report, Chapter 6, p. 15.