Document Type
News Article
Publisher
Sage Publications Ltd
School
Kurongkurl Katitjin
RAS ID
27847
Abstract
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.
DOI
10.1177/0004944118776762
Comments
This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of:
Macdonald, M. A., Gringart, E., Ngarritjan Kessaris, T., Cooper, M., & 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), 192-216.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0004944118776762