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Lake, John; Williamson, John – 1986
Evaluation of a 3-year transition education program at the Pingelly School in Western Australia used data from 29 students and staff interviews, direct observation, and document analysis to compare 4 projects established to improve the employability of students (in particular, Aboriginal students and girls who were at highest risk of being early…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Case Studies, Community Education, Females
Lenahan, R.; And Others – 1980
Data and information for a study of living away from home (LAFH) facilities for isolated students in Queensland were obtained from surveys of boarding schools and student hostels; a number of boarding schools and student hostels were visited and discussions were also held with isolated parents and student borders. While structural demographic…
Descriptors: Boarding Schools, Declining Enrollment, Elementary Secondary Education, Facility Improvement
Harker, Richard K. – 1980
Problems raised by a conflict between culture of the school and culture of the pupil's home community are brought into focus when looking at schooling for children from a culture which has no links into culture of the dominant group, and in fact rejects as "worthwhile activities" the very things that members of the dominant group regard…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Relations, Community Schools, Culture Conflict
Dunnell, P. – 1980
Besides describing actual experiences of rural students who leave school before completing Year 12, a 1978-79 study in Western Australia was also designed to investigate options and employment opportunities available to school leavers. Questionnaires from 1,371 students in Years 9-12 in 14 schools collected data on background, education,…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Dropout Attitudes, Dropouts, Education Work Relationship
McKenzie, Fiona Haslem – 1999
A study investigated the impact of declining rural community infrastructure on social, environmental, and economic well-being in Western Australia's central wheatbelt. Questionnaires were completed by 398 residents of the central wheatbelt, on-farm interviews were conducted with 68 respondents, and 4 focus groups were held in area towns.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Services, Farmers, Foreign Countries
Johnstone, Kate – 2001
A study examined rural Australian student experiences of the transition to high school. Data were gathered from interviews, questionnaires, and student journals of 10 rural students during the last 5 weeks of primary school and during the first three terms of Year 7 in high school. Findings indicate that students had many anxieties related to the…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Foreign Countries, Grade 7, Internet

Gibson, Ian W.; Gibson, Kay L. – Education in Rural Australia, 1995
An Australian preservice teacher education course used interactive television to present real-life, rural teaching situations as examples of best practice. These were integrated with problem-based learning scenarios focusing on dilemmas faced by practicing teachers in multigraded rural classrooms. Evaluation revealed positive feedback from both…
Descriptors: College Seniors, Distance Education, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education

McSwan, David; Stevens, Ken – Education in Rural Australia, 1995
In rural Australia, secondary education is often unavailable after year 10, and students are less likely to pursue tertiary education than urban counterparts. Student and family interviews suggest that career decisions are made primarily with advice from family, peers, and media, not school personnel. Reasons may be related to feelings that…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Guidance, Career Planning, Community Development
Searston, Ivan – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 1995
Suggests that the rural development policy for Australia proposed by Jonathan and Katrina Sher in a previous issue of this journal fails to differentiate between "rural" and "regional," resulting in policies aimed at regional areas and the marginalization of rural communities. Offers a distinction between rural, urban, and…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Criticism, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Maginnis, Cathy; Croxon, Lyn – Education in Rural Australia, 2005
Diverse university student cohorts are becoming the norm in rural universities. As universities reach out to an increasingly diverse group of students in rural areas it has become evident that traditional support structures are inadequate to meet the needs of students who tend to be mature aged women and first generation students. Studies have…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Nursing Students, Rural Education, Nursing Education
Lundin, Roy – 1994
This paper describes various types of distance education technologies and their use in rural Australia. Communications and information technologies may be categorized as distributive or interactive. Correspondence education is a distributive form of distance education, involving the postal service and, at times, educational television or radio.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Correspondence Study
Bowden, J. – 1994
A case study investigated the use of telematics technology in the delivery of learning programs from a rural high school in Western Australia to four receiver schools. Telematics is an audiographic computer system that simultaneously links a teacher to classrooms in one to five other schools. The program was introduced in 1991 to widen curriculum…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, Delivery Systems
Lloyd, D. J.; And Others – 1994
This study examined the educational practices of eight secondary schools in Victoria, Australia, that contributed to improved student retention rates and achievement levels. Schools were selected based on identification of graduates of La Trobe University who had completed their studies in a minimum amount of time. Interviews were conducted with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Career Education, Community Involvement
Crellin, Ian R. – 1994
Telecottages originated in Scandinavia in the 1980s in an attempt to reverse the decline of isolated communities by giving them access to information and services, facilities for training and distance education, and the opportunity to produce income through telecommuting. In 1992-1993, the Australian government began funding the Telecentre…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Adult Education, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production
Drummond, Lois – 1993
A study examined flexible delivery modes that could be used to provide adult literacy and basic education (ALBE) to students in rural areas of Victoria, Australia. Telephone interviews were conducted with 29 students and 20 tutors and administrators involved in community-based programs, the 3CCC Airwaves Learning radio program, and off-campus…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Case Studies, Delivery Systems