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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Main Authors: Dockery, Alfred Michael, Milsom, Nicola
Format: Working Paper
Published: 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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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