Published Resources Details Report
- Title
- Future Directions of Secondary Education: A Report (Swan and McKinnon Report)
- Type of Work
- Report
- Imprint
- 1984
- Subject
- New South Wales; Secondary School Curriculum Policy; Curriculum Policies and Major Education Reports
- Description
- Sets out proposals for the broad direction of secondary education.
- Outlines ten principles for the further development of secondary education.
- Identifies gaps and omissions in the senior secondary curriculum and suggests that attention be given to what constitutes 'general education' for Years 11 and 12.
- Recommends the establishment of the Board of Secondary Education to replace the Secondary Schools Board and the Board of Senior School Studies.
- Recommends that the School Certificate be replaced by a Certificate of Secondary Education.
- Recommends stronger connections between theoretical and applied studies.
Related Digital resources
hasVersion
- Title
- Future Directions of Secondary Education: A Report (Swan and McKinnon Report)
- Type
- Report
- Date
- 1984
http://hdl.handle.net/11343/115609
- Title
- Future Directions of Secondary Education: A Report (Swan and McKinnon Report)
- Type
- Summary
- Date
- 1984
- Place
- New South Wales
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