Published Resources Details Report
- Title
- Education in South Australia: Report of the Committee of Enquiry into Education in South Australia, 1969-1970 (Karmel Report)
- Type of Work
- Report
- Imprint
- Government of South Australia, Adelaide, 1971
- Subject
- South Australia; Secondary School Curriculum Policy; Curriculum Policies and Major Education Reports
- Description
- Reviews and makes recommendations on the organisation of the Education Department and the means by which curricula and teaching methods can be kept under continuing review.
- Focuses on the purposes of the educational system, and its structure and organisation.
- Recommends changes which 'are intended to reflect six qualities of an educational system on which we place high value' including: a non-authoritarian approach to educational matters; a concern for the individual child; the equality of educational opportunities; a diversity of educational institutions; a decentralisation of decision-making; and the opening-up of the educational system to a variety of ideas.