Abstract Education for Australian First Nations students living in remote communities has
long been seen as an intractable problem. Ten years of concerted effort under Closing the …

In this paper, the authors debunk a long-held myth that generalisation is primarily the
domain of quantitative research. Based on a review of modern and historical approaches to …

Education policies are enacted differently according to school contexts and geographies.
This is particularly the case in large countries such as Australia where context and …

Key national and international stakeholders involved in the delivery, coordination and
leadership of programs associated with Indigenous pathways and transitions into higher …

The Remote Education Systems (RES) project within the Cooperative Research Centre for
Remote Economic Participation (CRC-REP) has, over the last four years, gathered and …

The purpose of the paper was to investigate (a) similarities and differences in cultural
perspectives, self-concept, and school motivation between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal …

The middle-school years (Year 7 to Year 9) is a particular challenge for socially
disadvantaged populations, with high proportions of children either repeating school years …

Providing behavioural support to all students is increasingly recognised as an integral part
of teaching and learning in schools throughout the world. This small-scale, qualitative study …

Schools in Australia are sometimes described, categorised and defined by their locations.
These statistical geographical categorisations help to determine how funding is allocated …

One of the predominant themes that pervades much of the literature on remote education is
one about Indigenous 'disadvantage'. It has been defined specifically as 'the difference (or …