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Dyson, Michael; Plunkett, Margaret – Australian Association for Research in Education (NJ1), 2012
While alternative educational settings in Australia have expanded over the past two decades, there has been little formal research into teacher perceptions of what it means to teach outside the mainstream. This paper outlines part of a longitudinal study involving the School for Student Leadership (SSL), an alternate educational setting in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nontraditional Education, Residential Programs, Grade 9
Dyson, Michael; Cairns, Len; Hesse, Alice; Reeves, Mark – 2002
This report describes the Remote School, a "center for student leadership" in the high country of the Victorian Alps (Australia), and presents findings from an ongoing evaluation. This state-supported residential program addresses the needs of year-9 students on the threshold of adulthood and seeks to harness their energy in positive…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Geographic Isolation