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Constructing Health and Physical Education Curriculum for Indigenous Girls in a Remote Australian Community
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Whatman, Susan L.; Singh, Parlo – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2015
Background: Over the last 20 years, curriculum development in Health and Physical Education (HPE) (or Physical Education, Physical Education and Health, Sport Education as it is variously called) has repeatedly attempted to address issues of equity and social inclusion. Why then does systemic educational disadvantage persist, and why do the…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Indigenous Populations, Health Education, Curriculum Development
Conceptions of Art Education Programs Held by a Rural and Remote Australian Community
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Page, Tara – Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research in Art Education, 2007
This article discusses the results of a one-year study in a physically isolated school community in Queensland, Australia. The decision-making processes in the selection of school subjects became the focus for interviews conducted with the school community (students, parents, and teachers) and the vehicle for identifying the held conceptions of…
Descriptors: Art Education, Foreign Countries, Cognitive Ability, Theories
Who's Owning Whom and Why Does It Matter? Looking at Learning as Community Development.
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Lloyd, Doug; Downey, Tamara – 2001
Wesley College, a private urban secondary school, established a rural campus in the small town of Clunes, Victoria (Australia), where ninth-grade students could spend a term in a community-based, experientially-derived curriculum to enhance their sense of self and community. A study examined the extent to which Clunes community members regarded…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Development, Community Surveys, Economic Development
Learning and Identity: The Intersection of Micro and Macro Processes in Identity Formation for Students and the Community in a Small Rural Town--The Wesley Experience.
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Lloyd, Doug; Downey, Tamara; McDonough, Sharon – 2001
Wesley College, a private urban secondary school, sought a rural location where ninth-grade students could spend a term in a community-based, experientially-derived curriculum to enhance their sense of self and community. The small town of Clunes, in Victoria (Australia), accepted Wesley's initiative and since 2000, Wesley has operated a campus…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Surveys, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries
Corporate Managerialism in a Rural Setting: A Contextualised Case Study.
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Hatton, Elizabeth – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 1996
Analysis of state-mandated strategic planning in a small, rural elementary school in northern New South Wales (Australia), reveals that although student outcomes were enhanced as a result of programs developed by staff, there were difficulties implementing corporate modes of management in a rural working-class community with deep racial, class,…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Educational Administration, Educational Change