THE AUSTRALIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM: A LOOK AT EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITIES

• Autor(a) principal: Santos, Danielle de Sousa
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Zan, Dirce Djanira Pacheco e
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Educação em Revista
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/edrevista/article/view/25173
• topic: Sistema de ensino Australiano, Desigualdades educacionais, Neoliberalismo.; Australian education system, Educational inequalities, Neoliberalism; Sistema educativo australiano, Desigualdades educativas, Neoliberalismo

In this article we present part of the research results, carried out within the scope of the post doctoral internship,  whose main objective was to investigate the Australian education system. From the evidence consolidated in different academic studies and the examination of institutional documents, the research data allowed, among other aspects, to identify important marks that serve as a reference for understanding the education system in Australia. In this article, specifically, we seek to identify how inequalities within the Australian education system are presented. Based on the data analyzed, there is no way to reject, for example, the fact that differences in performance in large-scale assessments remain a challenge to be overcome by educational policies. In this scenario, it seems evident that the current Australian educational policies, including the current curricular reform - strongly influenced by the neoliberal political ideals - are failing to face and reduce the persistent educational inequalities that mark the country's education system. Our interest in the Australian system is justified, among other things, by the use of it, especially by business organizations that have taken a privileged place in the formulation and implementation of educational policies in Brazil, as a model of success to be followed.