Home Away from Home? Boarding in Australian Schools

Autor/inn/en	Hodges, Julie; Sheffield, Jeanie; Ralph, Alan
Titel	Home Away from Home? Boarding in Australian Schools
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Education, 57 (2013) 1, S.32-47 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0004-9441
DOI	10.1177/0004944112472789
Schlagwörter	Boarding Schools; Foreign Countries; Student Experience; Private Schools; School Responsibility; Student Development; Student Attitudes; Caregiver Role; Student School Relationship; Job Training; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Boarding school; Internat; Ausland; Studienerfahrung; Private school; Privatschule; Schülerverhalten; Schüler-Lehrer-Beziehung; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Australien
Abstract	Currently, Australian boarding schools undertake to provide a home away from home for around 20,000 adolescents. Research documenting the boarding school experience is scarce, and, with few exceptions, exists as a less significant aspect of more general research into private school education. Such school-based research focuses on the positive, character-building benefits of the boarding experience. However, case studies of former boarders paint quite a different picture. In order for boarding schools to best support boarders' development, it is vital that adults who fulfil a parenting role undertake appropriate training. This paper draws together available information to present a comprehensive picture of boarding in Australian schools, with a focus on the challenges faced by the "in loco parentis" role of staff. It is apparent that more skills-based training is vital to better equip staff in this very important role. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01