Table of Contents

Foreword.- Preface.- Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 A Word on Economics.- Chapter 3 Community and Inequality – Part 1: Creating an Enabling Environment.- Chapter 4 Community and Inequality.- Part 2 – Australia.- Chapter 5 Early Childhood: A World of Relationships.- Chapter 6 Effective Teaching and Learning.- Part 1: John Hattie, Graham Nuthall and Jonathan Osborne.- Chapter 7 Effective Teaching and Learning.- Part 2: Lessons from the US.- Chapter 8 Teacher Pay, Performance and Leadership.- Chapter 9 Public or Private Schools, Tests and League Tables, Parental Choice and Competition in Australia, the USA and Britain.- Chapter 10 Curriculum Matters.- Chapter 11 Creativity to Free Choice Learning.- Chapter 12 International Comparisons.- Chapter 13 Universities and Tertiary Education.- Chapter 14 Policy Development in Education and Schooling in Australia.- Chapter 15 Concluding Essay – What have we learned and where are we going?.- Index. ​