A Review of Indigenous Employment Programs
Successive Australian governments over the last 20 years have focused on providing employment programs which support Indigenous people into their jobs. This report finds that the effectiveness of such programs has rarely been rigorously evaluated against their diverse objectives. It highlights a rec...
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National Centre for Vocational Education Research (Australia)
2007
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| Online Access: | http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/1729.html http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16037 |
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| author | Dockery, Alfred Michael Milsom, Nicola |
| author_facet | Dockery, Alfred Michael Milsom, Nicola |
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| description | Successive Australian governments over the last 20 years have focused on providing employment programs which support Indigenous people into their jobs. This report finds that the effectiveness of such programs has rarely been rigorously evaluated against their diverse objectives. It highlights a recent shift in policy toward strict employment outcomes, making programs easier to evaluate, but also cautions against applying the same 'mainstream' objectives to all Indigenous communities. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-160372017-05-30T07:59:54Z A Review of Indigenous Employment Programs Dockery, Alfred Michael Milsom, Nicola Indigenous students Learner groups Evaluation of courses and programs Quality of teaching and learning Access and equity groups Teaching and learning Social issues VET in context Students and individuals Successive Australian governments over the last 20 years have focused on providing employment programs which support Indigenous people into their jobs. This report finds that the effectiveness of such programs has rarely been rigorously evaluated against their diverse objectives. It highlights a recent shift in policy toward strict employment outcomes, making programs easier to evaluate, but also cautions against applying the same 'mainstream' objectives to all Indigenous communities. 2007 Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16037 http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/1729.html National Centre for Vocational Education Research (Australia) restricted |
| spellingShingle | Indigenous students Learner groups Evaluation of courses and programs Quality of teaching and learning Access and equity groups Teaching and learning Social issues VET in context Students and individuals Dockery, Alfred Michael Milsom, Nicola A Review of Indigenous Employment Programs |
| title | A Review of Indigenous Employment Programs |
| title_full | A Review of Indigenous Employment Programs |
| title_fullStr | A Review of Indigenous Employment Programs |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Review of Indigenous Employment Programs |
| title_short | A Review of Indigenous Employment Programs |
| title_sort | review of indigenous employment programs |
| topic | Indigenous students Learner groups Evaluation of courses and programs Quality of teaching and learning Access and equity groups Teaching and learning Social issues VET in context Students and individuals |
| url | http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/1729.html http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16037 |