1. Problems in the Australian Education System
Foreign Studies A/Tokubetsu Kogi A
11 April 2017
Practice Lecture

2. Brainstorming
What problems are there in the Australian Education System today?

4. National Curriculum Uniform School System

5. National Curriculum Uniform School System
Only started to be implemented in 2012.
It is being implemented at different schedules and in different ways by each state.
Not everyone is happy with the national curriculum.
There are many basic differences in the school systems between the states.
While there is a move towards achieving uniformity, there are still differences.

6. National Curriculum Uniform School System
Only started to be implemented in 2012.
It is being implemented at different schedules and in different ways by each state.
Not everyone is happy with the national curriculum.
There are many basic differences in the school systems between the states.
While there is a move towards achieving uniformity, there are still differences.
Let’s look at some examples…

8. What kind of problems are caused when different states have different school systems?

9. Why was there no National Curriculum in Australia until recently
Why was there no National Curriculum in Australia until recently? Why is there still a lack of uniformity in the school system?

10. Why was there no National Curriculum in Australia until recently
Why was there no National Curriculum in Australia until recently? Why is there still a lack of uniformity in the school system? To understand this we need to know about Australia’s history.

11. A Brief History of Australia

12. A Brief History of Australia How much do you know?

13. A Brief History of Australia How much do you know?
Who were the first inhabitants of Australia?
When did the British “discover” Australia?
When did the British “settle” Australia?
When did Australia become a “nation”?

14. A Brief History of Australia

15. Understanding the history of Australia
Before 1770 – Aboriginal Australians were living in Australia for 40,000+ years

16. Understanding the history of Australia
Before 1770 – Aboriginal Australians were living in Australia for 40,000+ years
1770 – Australia was “discovered” by British explorers

17. Pre-British Settlement Australia
Exploration by Europeans until Willem Janszoon (Dutch)
1606 Luis Váez de Torres (Spanish)
1616 Dirk Hartog (Dutch)
1619 Frederick de Houtman (Dutch)
1644 Abel Tasman (Dutch)
1696 Willem de Vlamingh (Dutch)
1699 William Dampier (British)
1770 James Cook (British)
1797–1799 George Bass (British)
1801–1803 Matthew Flinders (British)

18. Understanding the history of Australia
Before 1770 – Aboriginal Australians were living in Australia for 40,000+ years
1770 – Australia was “discovered” by British explorers
1788 – Australia was settled/colonized by Britain… Australia became a British Colony

19. Understanding the history of Australia
Before 1770 – Aboriginal Australians were living in Australia for 40,000+ years
1770 – Australia was “discovered” by British explorers
1788 – Australia was settled/colonized by Britain… Australia became a British Colony
1788 – 1850 Various colonies were settled…

20. Colonies of Australia

21. Colonies of Australia

22. Colonies of Australia

23. Colonies of Australia

24. Colonies of Australia

25. Understanding the history of Australia
Before 1770 – Aboriginal Australians were living in Australia for 40,000+ years
1770 – Australia was “discovered” by British explorers
1788 – Australia was settled/colonized by Britain… Australia became a British Colony
1788 – 1850 Various colonies were settled, but were all under British government rule.

26. Understanding the history of Australia
Before 1770 – Aboriginal Australians were living in Australia for 40,000+ years
1770 – Australia was “discovered” by British explorers
1788 – Australia was settled/colonized by Britain… Australia became a British Colony
1788 – 1850 Various colonies were settled, but were all under British government rule.
1850 – The colonies became self-governing and were allowed to create their own constitutions, parliaments and laws

27. Colonies of Australia

28. Understanding the history of Australia
Before 1770 – Aboriginal Australians were living in Australia for 40,000+ years
1770 – Australia was “discovered” by British explorers
1788 – Australia was settled/colonized by Britain… Australia became a British Colony
1788 – 1850 Various colonies were settled, but were all under British government rule.
1850 – The colonies became self-governing and were allowed to create their own parliaments, constitutions and laws
1880s/1890s – The colonies started talking about forming a national government: There were various opinions for and against this…

29. Understanding the history of Australia
Before 1770 – Aboriginal Australians were living in Australia for 40,000+ years
1770 – Australia was “discovered” by British explorers
1788 – Australia was settled/colonized by Britain… Australia became a British Colony
1788 – 1850 Various colonies were settled, but were all under British government rule.
1850 – The colonies became self-governing and were allowed to create their own parliaments, constitutions and laws
1901 – The federalization of Australia

30. Federalism: Powers are divided between the “Commonwealth” (national/federal) government and the six State governments.

31. State Powers
Federal Powers

32. State Powers Federal Powers
Police
Hospitals
Education
Public Transport
Taxation
Defense
Foreign Affairs
Postal Services

33. State Powers Federal Powers
Police
Hospitals
EDUCATION
Public Transport
Taxation
Defense
Foreign Affairs
Postal Services

34. Federalism & the National Curriculum
Because the states are in charge of education, there has been a lot of resistance to the creation of a National Curriculum and a uniform school system…

35. What are the arguments for and against a national curriculum
What are the arguments for and against a national curriculum? Read the newspaper articles for homework and find the main arguments. We will discuss these at next week’s class.