Why restructure?: an international survey of the roots of reform¹

Performativity and primary teacher relations

“…Other benefits of a performativity process for the education system are seen to be: the closure of the policy 'implementation gap' (Fullan and Hargreaves, 1992); a challenge to 'provider capture' by teachers (Lawton, 1992); simplified national measures of school achievement; and a reduction of the multiple goals for teachers (Mentor et al, 1997) that produced an intensification of their work leading to 'over conscientiousness' (Campbell and Neill, 1994). An improvement in achievement levels of children, in particular those from poor environments, is considered to be the main prize for government policies intended to benefit both the individual and future societal needs.…”

School Level Curriculum Decisions—a case of battling against the odds

“…In almost every state of Australia, there have been changes in education systems towards the devolution of more responsibility to schools (Chapman & Boyd, 1986;Watt, 1989;Kennedy, 1992). Similar changes have occurred in countries throughout the world (Gordon, 1992;Hess, 1992;Lawton, 1992;Swanson & King, 1992;Young, 1993). Lawton (1992) has captured the commonalties of this international movement by the general term 'restructuring' which he defined as:…”

“…Similar changes have occurred in countries throughout the world (Gordon, 1992;Hess, 1992;Lawton, 1992;Swanson & King, 1992;Young, 1993). Lawton (1992) has captured the commonalties of this international movement by the general term 'restructuring' which he defined as:…”

Service quality ideals in a competitive tertiary environment

“…The study could be complemented by an explanatory dimension where key relationships could be investigated through quantitative means. The use of questionnaire surveys would serve to capture a much wider data set to evaluate both perception and performance in terms of the specific aspects of service quality (Cronin & Taylor, 1992;Lawson, 1992;Widrick et al, 2002). In addition, the conceptual framework developed for this study could be further tested through the development of scale items pertaining to each construct.…”