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Managerialism and the professions: The case of school psychology in the 1990s

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2016

Michael Faulkner
Michael Faulkner*
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The rise of managerialism in public administration over the last decade in Australia has had dramatic implications for schooling systems and for the school psychology profession. An overview of the character of managerialism and its impact upon public administration, and schooling in particular, is provided in this paper. The school psychology profession in Victoria provides the basis for exploring some dimensions of managerialism's impact. As part of a futures projection for the remainder of the decade, some broad suggestions are offered which argue the importance of both values analysis and strategy development for the school psychology profession.

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Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools , Volume 4 , November 1994 , pp. 19 - 38
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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