Aboriginal
children
, 27, 122
population
, 5
welfare
, 142
Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander education
, 147
Aborigines
, 124, 136, 165
Academisation
, 140, 141–161
Accreditation
, 123, 139, 155, 160, 169, 171
Adult education
, 64, 118, 128
Advisory Committee on Advanced Education
, 129
Agriculture
, 8, 26, 27, 41, 63, 88, 90
American colonies
, 18, 24
Anglicans
, 30, 34, 49, 103, 109
Anglican Church
, 16, 29, 79, 135
Anglican schools
, 28, 30, 45
Arithmetic
, 17, 18, 20, 22–23, 28, 40, 42, 45, 47, 50, 52, 55, 79, 105
Armidale Teachers College
, 83
Art
, 69, 83, 85, 90–92, 137
Asia Pacific region
, 7, 142
Associated Teachers’ Training Institution
, 70, 71
Australia’s birth rate
, 77
Australian
citizenship
, 100
troops
, 107
Australian Association for Research in Education
, 96, 140n59, 156
Australian Association of Institutes of Inspectors of Schools
, 96
Australian Association of Teachers of the Deaf
, 88
Australian Catholic University
, 136, 166n7
Australian College of Education
, 96, 117n57, 143n4, 152n38
Australian College of Physical Education
, 70, 166
Australian Committee of Technical and Further Education
, 124
Australian Constitution
, 6, 6n32, 6n33
Australian Council of Deans of Education
, 150, 151n29
Australian Council of Professions
, 151
Australian Education Council
, 149
Australian Government
, 7, 111, 153n42, 155, 160
Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership
, 152, 153n41, 154n44, 155n52, 156n54, 168n18
Australian Labour Party
, 6
Australian Missionary College
, 70–71
Australian Missionary Society
, 70–71
Australian National Training Authority
, 10
Australian National University
, 89
Australian New Zealand History of Education Society
, 96
Australian Qualifications Framework
, 154
Australian Quality Teaching Framework
, 146
Australian Research Council
, 12, 148
Australian Schools Commission
, 78n6
Australian Science Teachers’ Association
, 96
Australian Teacher Education Association
, 4, 4n20, 39n1, 65n26, 87n36, 95, 141n1, 163n1
Australian Territory of New Guinea
, 100
Australian Universities Commission
, 129
Australian Universities Grants Commission
, 89
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Arts
, 93
Behaviourist psychologists
, 93
Board of Denominational Education
, 8
Board of National Education
, 7–8
Board of Teacher Registration
, 139
Brisbane Kindergarten Training College
, 70n40, 131
Britain
, 5–7, 15, 21n30, 25, 28, 30, 36–37, 59, 60, 65, 83, 93, 128
British and Foreign School Society
, 18n15, 19–20, 34–35, 49
British colonial Africa
, 107
British University Grants Committee
, 89
Brothers
, 59, 71–72, 79, 103
Canada
, 22, 36, 78, 83n27, 96
Catholic(s)
, 30–31, 34, 59, 103
schools
, 8, 12, 30, 45, 54, 59, 70, 72, 79, 144
Catholic College of Education
, 136
Catholic Education Commission
, 13
Catholic Emancipation Act
, 18, 29, 30
Central Poor Law Board
, 22
Charity schools
, 16, 17, 24–25
Child
care facilities
, 122
labour
, 18
Christian
behaviour
, 104
beliefs
, 105
churches
, 8, 13, 70, 78, 165
doctrine
, 8
dogma
, 101
missions
, 100–102, 106
religious education
, 102
Church and School Corporation scheme
, 28
Church schools
, 8, 34, 51
Classical colonialism
, 102
Co-educational institutions
, 84
Colonial governments
, 101
Colonies
, 5–6, 26, 31, 37, 39
Commerce
, 26, 41, 64, 90, 129
Common wealth Tertiary Education Commission
, 134
Commonwealth Government
, 11, 14, 147, 152, 159, 163
Commonwealth of Australia
, 6, 57
Commonwealth Rebate for Full-Time Apprentice Training
, 126
Commonwealth Reconstruction Training Scheme
, 88
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
, 148
Comparative education
, 3, 87, 92–93, 138, 156
Comparative educationists
, 3
Competency-based training
, 127
Competitiveness
, 120, 142
Conservatoria of music
, 92
Contemporary developments
, 3
Convicts
, 5, 6, 24–28, 30, 32–34, 36–37, 54
convict women
, 25
Curriculum
, 1, 3–5, 9, 12–13, 18, 23, 40–41, 55, 58, 60–62, 68–69, 74, 79, 80, 84, 87, 111, 114, 117–118, 123, 132–133, 138–139, 149, 154, 166
Curriculum and Assessment Committee
, 149
Curriculum Development Branch
, 123
Curriculum Development Centre
, 123
Curriculum Development Council
, 123
Curtin University of Technology
, 128
Incorporated Association of Registered Teachers of Victoria
, 70
Indigenous education
, 101, 106
Indigenous students
, 113, 148
Industrial arbitration
, 6
Industrial Revolution
, 15, 24
Infant-teaching specialists
, 83
Infants schools
, 82, 83
methods
, 83
Innovation
, 116, 149, 171
Innovative Links between Schools and Universities for Teacher Professional Development
, 159
Innovative Links Between Universities and Schools for Teacher Professional Development Project
, 159
Institute for Scientific Information
, 156
Institute of Catholic Education
, 136
Institution for the Blind
, 88
Intellectually handicapped children
, 95
International education
, 2
International influences
, 2
International organisations
, 2
International trends
, 3, 96
Ireland
, 7, 15, 22, 31, 44, 46, 71
Irish
, 5, 11, 30, 36, 70–72, 121
Irish National School System
, 31–32, 34, 54
Macquarie University
, 95, 138
Mathematics
, 2, 41, 63, 68, 72, 79, 80, 122, 136, 140, 155, 169
Mechanical calculations
, 122
Melbourne
, 4, 36, 41, 46, 48, 65, 74–75, 83, 89, 92, 135
Melbourne Teachers College
, 59, 65, 74, 83
Mentally handicapped
, 88, 139
Middle-class mothers
, 60, 78
Mission schools
, 78, 101–102, 106–107, 109, 111–113
Missionaries
, 99, 102–105, 107, 117
Model schools
, 15, 21–22, 44, 47, 52–53
Monash University
, 89, 138–139
Monitorial school
, 19, 20, 24, 32
Monitors
, 18–19, 21, 23, 28–29, 39, 43, 47, 50, 53–55, 58, 66–67
Multicultural society
, 7, 80
Music
, 40, 42, 45, 48, 62, 69, 83, 91, 92
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Policy
, 145
National Aboriginal Consultative Group
, 147
National Aboriginal Education Committee
, 147
National College of Physical Education
, 135
National Inquiry into Teacher Education
, 134
National pension system
, 13
National Project on the Quality of Teaching and Learning
, 150
National Schools’ Network
, 159
National Schools’ Project
, 159
National Standards and Guidelines for Initial Teacher Education
, 150
Nature study
, 8, 75, 79, 83
Needlework
, 8, 19, 25, 27, 45, 75
New England University College
, 89
New Guinea
, 14, 99, 100–103, 105, 106, 109–113, 115–116, 118
New Guineans
, 103, 105, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115
New Knowledge, New Opportunities
, 11–12
New South Wales
, 5–6, 8, 9, 11–12, 15, 18, 24–28, 30–34, 36–37, 39, 41–42, 44–46, 48–51, 59, 61–63, 65, 68–69, 71, 74–75, 82–84, 86, 89–90, 92–93, 97, 135–136, 139, 149, 151–152, 165, 169
New South Wales Institute of Teachers
, 152
New Zealand
, 7, 39, 81, 96, 171
Nursery School Training College
, 70
Pacific Union College
, 135
Papua New Guinea
, 14, 99–106, 109–113, 115–116, 118
Papuans
, 102, 103, 104, 111–115
children
, 102
Parramatta
, 25, 26, 27, 28, 45
Participation and Equity Program
, 126
Pedagogy
, 1, 13, 61, 74, 84, 133, 159
Pestalozzi
, 20, 21, 22, 23, 38, 42, 45
Philosophy of education
, 87, 133, 138
Physical
culture
, 70
education
, 62, 70–94, 109, 135–136, 166, 169
training
, 70, 83
Physically handicapped person
, 88, 122
Plantation labourers
, 104
Policymakers
, 3, 57, 60, 127, 170, 172
Politicians
, 36, 42, 57, 137
Port Moresby
, 14, 100, 103, 108–109, 111, 113, 115
Post-graduate degrees
, 32, 87
Practice teaching
, 48, 68, 70, 86–88, 130, 133–134, 150, 153, 161
Practising schools
, 46, 86
Presbyterians
, 28, 30, 34
Primary school education
, 8, 12, 61, 107–108, 110, 118
Private primary schools
, 79
Private schools
, 22–23, 34, 51, 53, 59, 70, 83, 143
Professional associations
, 94–95
Program for International Student Assessment
, 2
Projects of National Significance Program
, 150
Protestant
, 5, 8, 31, 34, 48, 54, 79, 103
Psychology
, 72, 74–75, 83–84, 87–88, 92–93, 133, 138–139
Pupil teacher
, 14, 22–24, 32, 39, 43–55, 57–58, 65–66, 73, 82, 112, 163
method of training
, 32, 43, 50–54
system
, 17
Recession
, 6, 119, 120, 121, 140
Registration of Schools and Teachers Act
, 70–71
Religion
, 7, 15, 31, 34, 52, 60, 105, 109
Religious instruction
, 27, 28, 31, 59, 104
Religious orders
, 12, 70–72, 103
Religious-run schools
, 8, 55
Research
, 1, 2, 11–12, 18, 60, 64, 84, 87–89, 93, 95–97, 126, 131–133, 138–140, 146, 148, 156–159, 163–166, 171
Residence accommodation
, 29
Roman Catholic colleges
, 71
Rote learning
, 45, 62, 66, 73, 79, 101–102, 104
Rural schools
, 37, 46, 54, 59, 63, 67, 79, 83
Scholarship
, 9, 46, 58, 84, 88, 90, 91, 95, 108, 122, 125
Schonell Educational Research Centre
, 95,
School
leavers
, 72, 105, 120, 124, 145
mistresses
, 19
principals
, 59, 96, 113, 116, 143
school-based learning
, 134
School Centres for Teaching Excellence
, 161
Schooling achievement
, 77
Schools Commission
, 10, 78, 121
Science
, 2, 8–9, 40–41, 58, 61, 63–64, 67, 69, 74–75, 78–79, 80, 85, 88–93, 96–97, 109, 122, 130, 136–137, 139–140, 148, 155, 157, 160, 167–169
Scottish
, 11, 21, 23, 32, 89, 121
Scottish universities
, 89
Second World War
, 6, 10, 14, 64, 67, 77, 80, 88, 100, 106, 118
Secondary school education
, 8, 12, 23, 39, 62, 71, 80–81, 110, 124
Secondary school teachers
, 57, 67, 73, 76, 82, 84, 93, 96, 115, 118, 138
Secondary schooling
, 9, 40, 61, 71, 79, 80, 111, 116
Seventh Day Adventist Church
, 70
Signadou College of Education
, 136
Simultaneous instruction
, 22
Simultaneous teaching
, 23, 38, 42
Singing
, 20–21, 23, 68, 75, 109
Smarter Schools-Improving Teacher Quality National Partnership
, 160
Social
attitudes
, 15
cohesion
, 80
conditions
, 19
conservatism
, 142
legislation
, 6
sciences
, 89, 103, 169
studies
, 79, 109, 139
Social Education Association of Australia
, 96
Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts
, 18
Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge
, 17, 18
Sociology of education
, 87, 133, 138, 150
South Australia
, 5, 37, 52–53, 62, 68–69, 73, 82, 84, 88, 90, 122, 150, 164
South Pacific
, 95, 117, 157
South Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, The
, 95, 116n52, 157
St. Patrick’s College, Strathfield
, 70
Stage of formalism
, 100, 101, 104, 106, 110–111, 114, 117–118
Stage of meaning
, 100, 101, 117–118, 170
Stage of transition
, 100, 101, 117, 170
Standards Council of the Teaching Profession Act
, 152
State schools
, 8, 9, 51, 53, 57, 59, 71, 78–79, 83, 143
Sydney
, 5, 13, 25–30, 32–33, 35–36, 41–42, 44, 46, 61, 68–69, 70, 74–75, 83, 87, 89, 92, 138–139
Sydney Day Nursery Association
, 70
Sydney Teachers College
, 74, 83
TAFE
, 10, 81, 124–128, 145–146, 168
Tasmania
, 5, 9, 41, 49, 50, 61, 63, 66–67, 69, 71, 73, 82–84, 86, 90, 92–93, 97, 122
Teach for Australia
, 161, 169
Teacher evangelists
, 103–105
Teachers’ College, Columbia University
, 59
Teaching methods
, 22, 29, 41–42, 72–73, 92–93, 103, 138
Technical and further education and training
, 10, 81, 124–128, 145–146, 168
Technical and Further Education Commission
, 125
Technology
, 89, 126, 128, 140, 143, 146, 148
Territories of Papua and New Guinea
, 14, 100, 106
Territory Leaving Certificate
, 110
Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency
, 152
Textbooks
, 32, 47, 68, 87, 94, 123
Theory of education
, 70, 75, 88, 93, 100, 138
Theory-practice binary
, 134
Torres Strait Islander schooling
, 78
Torres Strait Islander students
, 145, 156, 164
Transnational processes
, 2
Transportation
, 24, 30, 33, 49
Unemployment
, 6, 67, 119, 120, 126, 141–143, 145
Unified national system
, 141, 146–148, 150, 163, 170
United Nations
, 14, 100, 111, 115
Uniting Church in Australia
, 135
University education
, 57, 61, 63–64, 72, 96, 128, 137, 147
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
, 135
University of London
, 11, 135
University of Melbourne
, 41, 74–75, 89, 92–93
University of New England
, 89, 95
University of Sydney
, 41, 46, 61, 75, 89, 92, 138–139
USA
, 7, 59–61, 93, 103, 138, 142, 157, 161
Wards Strip Teachers College
, 115
Western Australia
, 5, 41, 53–55, 62, 64, 66, 71–72, 74–76, 82, 84, 90, 92–93, 97, 125–126, 128, 164
Western Australian Institute of Technology
, 126
Western Australian TAFE Authority
, 125
Whitlam Labor government
, 78
World Education Fellowship
, 96
World War I
, 6, 41, 61, 63, 99, 103, 168
World War II
, 6, 10, 14, 64, 67, 76–77, 80, 88, 100, 106, 118, 135