Analyzes developments in the Western Australia educational system between 1983 and 1989, a period of dramatic, unprecedented change. Shows how patterns of control are underpinned and shaped by ideologies existing in a wider sociopolitical context. Major changes proceeded from opposing ideological strands--a social imperative that ultimately became…

Regression analysis indicates that approximately two-thirds of the variance in boys' vocational aspirations and half the variance in girls' vocational aspirations are accounted for by a model that uses as predictors social class, mental ability, home environment, teacher and parent expectation, and peer aspirations. (Author/IRT)

Limited support is found for two hypotheses suggesting inverse relationships between the maturity level of teachers, and the degree to which they prefer task and relationship oriented leadership behavior. (Author/JH)

A comprehensive investigation into psychological distress among Western Australian teachers used the General Health Questionnaire to measure nine independent variables, including five stressors and four distressors. The data showed high stress levels; stressors correlated positively with distress and distressors correlated negatively. Gender…

Investigates the relationship between teachers' attitudes toward a change, as the dependent variable, and their knowledge about the change, their participation in the change, and their general attitudes to education, as independent variables, in the context of certain school and teacher situation variables. (Author/IRT)