Jim has worked as a freelance education researcher, writer and consultant since 1990. He has undertaken commissioned work for a variety of organisations including national and state departments of education, as well as industry, professional and community groups.

The guest contributions:

• Introducing Online Guest
• Cinderella goes to the Ball
• Rationale for rethinking years 9 & 10
• Linking years 9 & 10?
• Assessment, accreditation & certification
• Community Based Learning
• More good practice..
• Project work fostering key competencies?
• Nature and extent of current reforms
• Online guest thank you

• the middle years of schooling (Years 5-8) (eg Extending Reform in the Middle Years of Schooling: Challenges and responses, 1998);
• Years 9 and 10 (eg School Reform in Years 9 and 10: A national overview of contemporary systemic frameworks, 1998)
• vocational education and training (eg Reforming Schools through Workplace Learning, 1997);
• community based learning (eg Community Based Learning: Adding value to programs involving service agencies and schools, 1997);
• teacher professionalism
  (eg Advancing the Teaching Profession: Challenges, directions and strategies, 1997); and
• outcome based education
  (eg Outcome-Based Education: Ideas for professional development, 1998)