Journal article
Re-engaging young people with education and training: What are the alternatives?
Youth Studies Australia, Vol.30(4), pp.32-39
2011
Abstract
Alternative education programs are one way of responding to the disengagement of young people from mainstream schools. While there are a great variety of programs, those where young people experience success have incorporated a number of elements of best practice (Mills & McGregor 2010). This article reviews the attributes of effective alternative programs, with a particular focus on programs situated in Queensland, Australia. Establishing what constitutes a successful alternative program becomes increasingly important in an education climate that includes rapid movement toward a standardised educational experience with the attendant potential to further alienate those young people already existing on the margins of mainstream schooling.
Details
- Title
- Re-engaging young people with education and training: What are the alternatives?
- Authors
- Kimberley Wilson (Author) - James Cook UniversityKellie Stemp (Author) - Edmund Rice Education AustraliaSue McGinty (Author) - James Cook University
- Publication details
- Youth Studies Australia, Vol.30(4), pp.32-39
- Publisher
- Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies
- Date published
- 2011
- ISSN
- 1038-2569
- Organisation Unit
- School of Education and Tertiary Access
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991186144202621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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