“QUIS CUSTODIET IPSOS CUSTODES?”: ALL CURRICULUM POLICY MAKERS POTENTIALLY WEAR BLACK HATS

Abstract

In the Summer 1981 edition of The Journal of Educational Administration James D. Kaminsky published a philosophical analysis of the celebrated “Freedom and Authority Memorandum” delivered to South Australian public schools in the early 1970s by the then Director‐General of Education, A. W. Jones. In a later edition of the J.E.A. (Winter 1983) Smithson took issue with Kaminsky on several aspects of his analysis. A rejoinder from Kaminsky accompanied Smithson's paper. In this article (which closes off the debate) Smithson seeks to clarify some of the issues debated and, in particular, his own position.

Citation

SMITHSON, A. (1985), "“QUIS CUSTODIET IPSOS CUSTODES?”: ALL CURRICULUM POLICY MAKERS POTENTIALLY WEAR BLACK HATS", Journal of Educational Administration, Vol. 23 No. 1, pp. 106-113. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb009905