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    A ‘better’ education: An examination of the utility of boarding school for Indigenous secondary students in Western Australia

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    Authors
    Macdonald, M.
    Gringart, E.
    Ngarritjan Kessaris, T.
    Cooper, Martin
    Gray, J.
    Date
    2018
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Macdonald, M. and Gringart, E. and Ngarritjan Kessaris, T. and Cooper, M. and Gray, J. 2018. A ‘better’ education: An examination of the utility of boarding school for Indigenous secondary students in Western Australia. Australian Journal of Education. 62 (2): pp. 192-216.
    Source Title
    Australian Journal of Education
    DOI
    10.1177/0004944118776762
    ISSN
    0004-9441
    School
    School of Education
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72889
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    © 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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