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Raising educational attainment: how young people’s experiences speak back to the Compact with young Australians
Citation
te Riele, K, Raising educational attainment: how young people's experiences speak back to the Compact with young Australians, Critical Studies in Education, 52, (1) pp. 93-107. ISSN 1750-8487 (2011) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2011 Taylor & Francis
DOI: doi:10.1080/17508487.2011.536515
Abstract
In the context of international consensus that the knowledge economy requires more highly educated people, the Australian federal, state and territory governments agreed on a set of policies and targets for lifting the minimum level of educational attainment of young people, which are analysed in Part 1 of this paper. This Compact with young Australians will have the most impact on the quarter of young people who in the past would have left school early. The second part of the paper explores the transition experiences of early leavers who move on to a ‘second chance’ school. Based on their experiences, the paper concludes that to genuinely enable more young people to complete senior secondary education requires recognition of a broad range of benefits, rather than focusing mainly on economic outcomes, and support for re-entry through second chance education rather than coercing young people to remain in mainstream schooling.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | educational outcomes, marginalised students, non-linear pathways, school completion policy |
Research Division: | Education |
Research Group: | Education policy, sociology and philosophy |
Research Field: | Education policy |
Objective Division: | Education and Training |
Objective Group: | Schools and learning environments |
Objective Field: | Equity and access to education |
UTAS Author: | te Riele, K (Professor Kitty te Riele) |
ID Code: | 113834 |
Year Published: | 2011 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 17 |
Deposited By: | Peter Underwood Centre for Educational Attainment |
Deposited On: | 2017-01-24 |
Last Modified: | 2017-04-20 |
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