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Improving post-school outcomes for rural school leavers

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posted on 2023-05-16, 13:02 authored by Abbott-Chapman, JA, Susan KilpatrickSusan Kilpatrick
A study of Year 10 leavers from rural high schools in Tasmania has found that school pressures to remain in Years 1 and 12 have not necessarily solved the post-school career dilemmas of rural youth. Indeed, despite growing numbers of VET options in schools, these are not being taken up significantly by younger students despite student and family aspirations for a 'steady job' and job related training, within an increasingly depressed and casualised regional labour market. Implications of family support and community 'social capital' in negotiating a way through the trials and errors of the work/study mosaic are discussed in relation to national policy frameworks.

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Publication title

Australian Journal of Education

Volume

45

Pagination

35-47

ISSN

0004-9441

Department/School

Faculty of Education

Publisher

ACER

Place of publication

Australia

Repository Status

  • Restricted

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Other education and training not elsewhere classified

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