Creating Pathways to Success for All Students
Constancia Warren
Keynote presentation at the 2006 Learning Choices Expo. A comprehensive overview
of the United States education system, centring on high school reform. Focuses
on the need for multiple pathways to adequately engage all students, and
the practical means by which this can be achieved. Download the Presentation (pdf
- 175kb)
Remarks to the Learning Choices Expo
Laudan Aron
Keynote presentation at the 2006 Learning Choices Expo. Laudan Aron of
the Urban Institute discusses research into alternative education in America.
Drawing from this research, Aron discusses recommendations for the further
integration of alternative education to the mainstream. Download
the Presentation (pdf - 136kb)
What’s Different?
In May 2006 the Dusseldorp Skills Forum conducted an online survey of more than 160 schools, TAFEs, community programs and initiatives providing unconventional learning options for young Australians. The respondents encompassed 90 programs and schools, catering for more than 9,000 students, from all states and territories.
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What's Mainstream? Conventional
and unconventional learning in Logan
Jenni Connor
What’s working and what isn’t in the world of education?
Jenni Connor reports the views of dozens of students and educators
in conventional and unconventional settings in Logan on the
outskirts of Brisbane. An intriguing insight into what is really
happening in our schools and beyond.
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Paper (pdf - 360kb)
Non-traditional and Non-Systemic Educational
Programs in Frankston Mornington Penninsula Schools
David Zyngier and Associate
Professor Trevor Gale - Centre for Work and Learning Studies
(CWALS)
This report presents the findings of
research, commissioned by the Frankston / Mornington Peninsula
(FMP) Local Learning and Employment Network (LLEN), into 'non-systemic
and non-traditional' school based programs in the FMP area.
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Paper (pdf - 241kb)
Educational Alternatives for Vulnerable
Youth: Student Needs, Program Types, and Research Directions
Laudan Y. Aron and Janine M. Zweig
Evaluates the current role and future directions of alternative education
in the United States. An especial emphasis on vulnerable youth and those
not enrolled in traditional education systems. Evaluates the factors influencing ‘disconnected
youth’ and the need for alternatie education in redressing the balance.
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Paper (pdf - 435kb)
Why a Learning Choices Expo and not
an Alternative Learning Conference?
Opening remarks
Jack Dusseldorp provides the rationale
for the Expo and what DSF hopes to achieve.
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Paper (pdf - 40kb)
Good practice in learning alternatives
Keynote address
Roger Holdsworth of the Youth Research Centre at the University
of Melbourne looks back over the past 30 years and says learning
alternatives remain a valuable part of Australia's education
system
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Paper (doc - 125kb)
Disenchantment, Disengagement and Disappearance.
Some recent statistics and a commentary on non-attendance in
school
Keynote paper
Graeme Withers from the Australian Centre for Educational Research
examines truancy and other absences from school, the impact
on learning and policy responses
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Paper (doc - 306kb)
Rights, Roles and Responsibilities.
The right to education and the nature of obligations on Australian
governments
Andrea Durbach and Simon Moran of the Public Interest Advocacy
Centre ask and answer the question: why do governments appear
reluctant to articulate in legislation the right of students
to an education which is relevant, of good quality and reflects
individual needs?
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Paper (pdf - 238kb)
Learning in Alternative Settings.
What makes a sustainable program?
Independent consultant Peter Cole reviews alternative settings
in Victoria and argues for policy change to improve their quality
and sustainability
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Paper (pdf - 161kb)
Have we got what it takes? The skills,
rewards and recognition needed for teachers, youth workers and
others in learning alternatives
Christine Owen of the Australian National Schools Network, brings
together the Expo debates and questions
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Paper (pdf - 125kb)
Heading Upstream
Expo Communique
Participants sum up what has been learnt and the challenges
that lie ahead
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Paper (pdf - 81kb)
Innovative Pathways from schools? What makes the difference to retention and transition in seven NZ school programs?
New Research from NZ Council for Educational Research
This study, Innovative Pathways from School, examines programmes
that support "at-risk" students
at low-decile secondary schools to make successful transitions from school
to the workforce or further education and training. A sample of non-conventional
Year 12 and 13 programmes at seven schools were looked at. All the programmes
had an emphasis on providing students with qualifications, making links
with local employers or tertiary providers, and assisting students to develop "work-readiness" skills
and behaviours. Seven key aspects are identified. To see what they are
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the report here (pdf - 2.4 MB)
An Overview of Alternative Education
Laudan Y. Aron
A review of alternative education for the United States Department of Labour.
This paper centres on community or district programs that focus on the
re-engagement of out-of-school youth. Includes an emphasis on learning
in order to successfully enter high growth occupations and careers. Download
Paper (pdf - 492 kb)
Learning Alternatives: A Last Chance or a Real Choice?
John Spierings
As a society we have made a social and legally binding contract with all
our young people that says they must attend institutions of learning to
a specific age and they are denied the right to enter the labour market
below a certain age. In return, society promises to equip them with the
minimum level of education required to become independent learners and
earners. What rights (if any) have young people got under such a contract?
Must they accept whatever form of provision is on offer or do they have
right to choice? If so, under what circumstances? If we can now have 'special'
senior schools for gifted young people in the arts and in sports why not
open access to such alternative learning environments to younger people
who are in fact coping with adult responsibilities in their early teens?
These questions lie at the heart of “alternative education" and
recognition that broad based reform especially in the middle and senior
years of schooling is necessary if a strong educational base is to be provided
for all young people. Download Paper.
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