A ‘better’ education: An examination of the utility of boarding school for Indigenous secondary students in Western Australia
© Australian Council for Educational Research 2018. Over the past 10 years, great improvements have been observed in the Year 12 attainment rate of Indigenous Australians. This has been due, in part, to government funding of programmes aimed at improving education opportunity for Indigenous Australi...
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| author | Macdonald, M. Gringart, E. Ngarritjan Kessaris, T. Cooper, Martin Gray, J. |
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| description | © Australian Council for Educational Research 2018. Over the past 10 years, great improvements have been observed in the Year 12 attainment rate of Indigenous Australians. This has been due, in part, to government funding of programmes aimed at improving education opportunity for Indigenous Australian students, including funding of scholarships for students from remote areas to attend boarding schools. The current qualitative study investigated the perspectives of school leaders and Indigenous secondary students across the Australian state of Western Australia, on the utility and impact of this boarding provision. Students identified that boarding education allowed them to achieve a dual goal of meaningful career pathways and improved health outcomes, although they faced challenges unique to the Indigenous boarding school experience in terms of student self-concept, racism, homesickness and post-school transitions. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-728892018-12-13T09:33:49Z A ‘better’ education: An examination of the utility of boarding school for Indigenous secondary students in Western Australia Macdonald, M. Gringart, E. Ngarritjan Kessaris, T. Cooper, Martin Gray, J. © Australian Council for Educational Research 2018. Over the past 10 years, great improvements have been observed in the Year 12 attainment rate of Indigenous Australians. This has been due, in part, to government funding of programmes aimed at improving education opportunity for Indigenous Australian students, including funding of scholarships for students from remote areas to attend boarding schools. The current qualitative study investigated the perspectives of school leaders and Indigenous secondary students across the Australian state of Western Australia, on the utility and impact of this boarding provision. Students identified that boarding education allowed them to achieve a dual goal of meaningful career pathways and improved health outcomes, although they faced challenges unique to the Indigenous boarding school experience in terms of student self-concept, racism, homesickness and post-school transitions. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72889 10.1177/0004944118776762 Sage Publications Ltd. restricted |
| spellingShingle | Macdonald, M. Gringart, E. Ngarritjan Kessaris, T. Cooper, Martin Gray, J. A ‘better’ education: An examination of the utility of boarding school for Indigenous secondary students in Western Australia |
| title | A ‘better’ education: An examination of the utility of boarding school for Indigenous secondary students in Western Australia |
| title_full | A ‘better’ education: An examination of the utility of boarding school for Indigenous secondary students in Western Australia |
| title_fullStr | A ‘better’ education: An examination of the utility of boarding school for Indigenous secondary students in Western Australia |
| title_full_unstemmed | A ‘better’ education: An examination of the utility of boarding school for Indigenous secondary students in Western Australia |
| title_short | A ‘better’ education: An examination of the utility of boarding school for Indigenous secondary students in Western Australia |
| title_sort | ‘better’ education: an examination of the utility of boarding school for indigenous secondary students in western australia |
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