Curriculum Policy and Major Education Reports
South Australia – Key Documents – the 1975 Context
Education in South Australia. Report of the Committee of Enquiry into Education in South Australia 1969-1970 (Karmel Report) - 1971
- 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.