Gauging the value of education for disenfranchised youth : flexible learning options /

Disengagement of youth from schooling is an issue of significant national and international concern, and is a key driver of educational policy and reform that look to maximise school retention for the benefit of both students and the wider community. In Australia, Flexible Learning Options (FLOs) ha...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: McGinty, Suzanne (Editor), Wilson, Kimberley (Editor), Thomas, Joseph (Mark) (Editor), Lewthwaite, Brian (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill/Sense, 2018.
Series:Innovations and controversies: interrogating educational change ; Volume 7
Brill's Educational Research E-Books Online Collection
Subjects:
Educational innovations > Australia.
Education and state > Australia.
Educational change > Australia.
Dropouts > Australia > Prevention.
Aboriginal Australians > Education.
Students > Australia > Economic conditions.
Students > Australia > Social conditions.
Enseignement > Innovations > Australie.
Éducation > Politique gouvernementale > Australie.
Enseignement > Réforme > Australie.
Australiens (Aborigènes) > Éducation.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
Dropouts > Prevention.
Education and state.
Educational change.
Educational innovations.
Students > Economic conditions.
Students > Social conditions.
Australia.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The context of flexible learning options / Kitty te Riele
  • Flexible learning options in the neoliberal educational landscape / Joseph Thomas
  • Identifying the defining features of flexible learning options / George Myconos
  • Aboriginal and Torress Strait Islander young people and staff 'talk up' the value of flexible learning options / Valda Wallace
  • I just want an education! young people's perspectives / Sue McGinty, Sue Bursey, and Hurriyet Babacan
  • Practitioner perspectives / Kimberley Wilson
  • The importance of belonging : the impact of young people's sense of belonging at a school on their quality of life as young adults / Joseph Thomas and Riccardo Welters
  • Overview, conclusions and implications / Brian Lewthwaite, Hurriyet Babacan, Kitty te Riele, Dale Murray, and Joseph Thomas.

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