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Edwards, Kathy – Journal of Youth Studies, 2007
Low youth electoral turnouts are considered problematic in many democracies. Here I explore youth electoral engagement in the Australian context where the policy literature attributes low youth electoral enrolments to apathetic and disassociated youth, and the response is Civics and Citizenship education. This construction of youth and advocacy of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Disadvantaged Youth, Attitudes, Citizen Participation
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Stevenson, John; Yashin-Shaw, Irena; Howard, Peter – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2007
This paper examines data drawn from interviews with homeless people who were undertaking a "Clemente" programme offered by the Australian Catholic University in the Vincentian Village in East Sydney. The "Clemente" programme, conceptualised by Shorris, is based on the belief that an education in the humanities empowers people…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Figurative Language, Humanities, Vocational Education
Maas, Frank; Hartley, Robyn – 1988
This document brings together relevant information on the topic of unsupported, homeless young people under 18 years of age. The stated purpose of the document is to identify policy directions which take account of the changing situations of many young people who are struggling to survive. Chapter 1 briefly outlines the background of the paper.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Foreign Countries, Homeless People
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Milburn, N.G.; Jane Rotheram-Borus, M.; Batterham, P.; Brumback, B.; Rosenthal, D.; Mallett, S. – Journal of Adolescence, 2005
Predictors of perceived family bonds were examined among homeless young people who initially left home one year earlier. Newly homeless young people aged 12-20 years who had recently left home were recruited in Los Angeles County, United States (n=201) and Melbourne, Australia (n=124) and followed longitudinally at 3, 6, and 12 months (follow-up…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intervention, Financial Support, Young Adults
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Danby, Susan; Farrell, Ann; Leiminer, Michele – Children & Society, 2006
This paper investigates young people's accounts of governance in their everyday lives within a Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) in regional Australia. The SAAP is a joint Commonwealth and State/Territory programme for assisting people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness by providing transitional supported accommodation and…
Descriptors: Policy Formation, Homeless People, Young Adults, Adolescents
Loft, Jenny, Comp.; Davis, Mari, Comp. – 1988
This bibliography, compiled for the International Year of Shelter for the Homeless, lists Australian works published since 1974 about homelessness. It includes definitions of homelessness from the literature and an introductory article looking at different perspectives on homelessness. The entries, mainly taken from FAMILY database, are each…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Foreign Countries, High Risk Persons, Homeless People
Chamberlain, Chris; MacKenzie, David – 1998
The issue of youth homelessness in Australia is examined in the context of relevant social and educational policies. The exploration is based on 8 years of research into the situation of homeless youth in Australia involving several studies, including a study of school students in 9 communities and field visits to 100 schools. In 1994, researchers…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Early Intervention, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
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Burdekin, Brian – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 1995
This lecture transcript discusses human rights issues related to people with disabilities in Australia, focusing on concepts of discrimination, legislation, and social justice. Findings from recent federal inquiries into homeless children and mental illness highlight major deficits in services for people with disabilities. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Disabilities, Disability Discrimination, Foreign Countries
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Hier, Sally J.; And Others – Adolescence, 1990
Compared 52 homeless male and female runaways and throwaways for social adjustment and symptomatology. Found that male runaways were significantly more hostile than male throwaways and significantly more socially isolated than female runaways. Female throwaways were significantly more hostile than male throwaways and female runaways. Homeless…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Depression (Psychology)
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Mallett, Shelley; Rosenthal, Doreen; Keys, Deborah – Journal of Adolescence, 2005
Young people who experience homelessness, in Australia and in other western contexts (US, Canada, England), are widely perceived to use and abuse alcohol and drugs. The available research indicates that homeless young people use all drug types, whether injected or otherwise, more frequently than their home-based peers. Debate exists in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Adults, Homeless People, Drinking
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McFadden, Mark G. – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 1996
Reports on an ethnographic project examining an Australian program designed to provide homeless adolescents with access to secondary education. Focuses on the relationships among groups of students within the program and explores the way that education can either reinforce disadvantage or offer access to opportunity. (MJP)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Continuation Students, Disadvantaged Environment, Dropouts
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Gidley, J. M.; Wildman, P. H. – Education in Rural Australia, 1996
Survey of 22 rural Australian youth, aged 12-18 and not attending school or work, found that youth were strongly motivated towards creative, practical, and life skills learning. Describes a model of the phenomenon of "street kids" at the intersection of youth unemployment, homelessness, and truancy. Recommends establishment of pilot…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Shinman, Sheila M. – 1994
Home-Start is an international organization in which volunteers offer regular support, friendship, and practical help to young families under stress in their own homes in order to prevent family crisis and breakdown. It is available to any family with at least one child under 5 years of age. This book presents a snapshot of the day-to-day…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Rearing, Disabilities, Family Counseling
Shore, Sue, Ed. – 1998
This conference proceedings of the Australian Council for Adult Literacy contains the following papers: "'But I'm Not a Therapist'--The Challenge of Creating Effective Literacy Learning for Survivors of Trauma" (Horsman); "Future Studies, Postmodernism, and Adult Literacy" (Cross); "Collaboration and Compliance in the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction
McFadden, Mark – 1997
This paper explores the way that opportunity of access to higher education, particularly for women of color and those disadvantaged by homelessness, is placed at risk by market approaches to education. In England, Asian and Afro-Caribbean women, have been able to access higher education through funds made available under the Race Relations Act of…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Access to Education, Accountability, Adult Students
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