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Article Excerpt
One way to judge research into Australian educational policy and practice is to measure whether and how well it informs educational policy and practice. This is no mean feat when you account in the first place for the many intersecting policies and practices that, through their interplay, shape the 'educational' field, and when measurement can be a tricky business in the second. It's safe to say, however, that educational research, at least in this issue of the Australian Journal of Education, addresses matters to do with teaching, from the mechanics that determine the appointment and retention of teaching staff in schools to larger questions about the way education does and should work in a globalised market economy. It's safe to say, as well, that educational research addresses matters to do with learners and learning, and with the measurement of educational performance in some shape or form.
Two papers in this issue address matters to do with teaching, in terms of the supply of personnel. In 'Cloning their...
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