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Three Priorities for a Great Education

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What makes for a great education for children and young people in Australia? Phil Hughes, a man whose career has been dedicated to seeking answers to this question has asked it again at a point in his life when retrospection dominates most people’s thoughts. Not so with Phil. It is a testament to his lifelong commitment to education that he has continued to search for better futures for Australia’s young and is doing so through this his last book.

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Dempster, N. (2013). Three Priorities for a Great Education. In: Hughes, P. (eds) Achieving Quality Education for All. Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, vol 20. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5294-8_31

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