Essentially, this document provides a rationale for the development of professional teaching standards in Australia. Given that this is a discussion rather than a position paper, the emphasis is on generating debate in response to a series of questions
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"[Paper presented at] a national forum on professional teaching standards conducted in Melbourne on 24-25 February 2000 ... co-hosted by the Australian College of Education (ACE), the Australian Curriculum Studies Association (ACSA) and the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE)." --p. [i]