“Quicklook” Assessment of Greater Adelaide's Assets & Challenges ...

• It is our understanding that SA has the oldest age demographic in Australia. This
relatively older age distribution within SA will require effective strategies in the areas
of continuing education in regard to retooling for new jobs and pathways to reenter
academia for adult students.
• This age demographic also creates a significant aging teacher population
requiring critical programs for teacher in-training skills.
• As with many areas of the world, SA faces issues associated with the disparity of
computer technology availability between population groups.
• Because of current funding trends, DETE needs to focus on developing a
commercially driven approach.
• DETE needs to find ways to overcome the tendency for innovative teachers to
burnout due to increased expectation of job performance above their existing duties.
• The new types of programs being developed by DETE are generating increasingly
more intellectual property issues that need to be addressed
• There is no clear integration of entrepreneurial orientated programs in the
engineering or science curriculums at the South Australian universities.
• Sometimes as the various educational organizations in the State strive to
establish entrepreneurial approaches and programs they come in conflict with rigidity
of the system, like old job titles and pay scales vs. new functions and job
requirements.
Quotes
Notable quotes included:
• “ The degree and speed of Internet connectivity for our schools is only as
important as the quality of use.”
• “Our core business is learning.”
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