A Tale of Two Reports or How Bad News for Australian Education Is Mediated by the Media

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      Western Australian Institute for Educational Research Inc. 5/202 Coode Street, Como, Western Australia 6152, Australia. e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://www.waier.org.au
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      18
    • Education Level:
      Elementary Education
      Elementary Secondary Education
      High Schools
      Intermediate Grades
      Junior High Schools
      Secondary Education
    • Subject Terms:
      Social Justice; Equal Education; Printed Materials; Foreign Countries; Mass Media Effects; Mass Media; Educational Indicators; Comparative Analysis; Educational Attitudes; Educational Quality; Benchmarking; Access to Education; Outcomes of Education; Academic Achievement; Disadvantaged
    • Subject Terms:
      Australia
    • ISSN:
      0313-7155
    • Abstract:
      Two seminal reports on the state of education advantage and disadvantage in so called "rich nations" were released in 2002 by the international agencies OECD (2002a) and UNICEF (2002). These complex reports are brought to the attention of those at the very centre of the education debate, the general public, through the public media. What the public is told by the media, and perhaps more importantly, what they are not told, about the reports and their findings is then crucial. This paper analyses how the print media interpreted these reports according to a critical reading of the reports themselves. This is then compared and contrasted to what the reports actually have to say about social justice and educational equity, advantage and disadvantage. (Contains 2 tables and 2 endnotes.)
    • Abstract:
      As Provided
    • Number of References:
      51
    • Publication Date:
      2008
    • Accession Number:
      EJ807969