Emerging Themes: National Inquiry into Rural and Remote Education.

Institution	Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, Sydney (Australia).
Titel	Emerging Themes: National Inquiry into Rural and Remote Education.
Quelle	(2000), (76 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Aboriginal Australians; Access to Education; Civil Rights; Disabilities; Distance Education; Educational Needs; Educational Quality; Elementary Secondary Education; Equal Education; Foreign Countries; Geographic Isolation; Information Technology; Preschool Education; Rural Education; Rural Schools + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aborigines; Australia; Australien; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Handicap; Behinderung; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Ausland; Informationstechnologie; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen
Abstract	Public consultations had revealed that access to education was a significant concern in rural and remote areas of Australia, particularly in relation to ongoing economic decline. In response, the Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission initiated the National Inquiry into Rural and Remote Education. The inquiry took evidence at formal public hearings in the capital cities of every state and territory and at less formal meetings with parents, students, educators, and community members in rural and remote areas of every state and the Northern Territory. The inquiry received 300 written and e-mailed submissions, including one from the government or education department in every state, the Northern Territory, and the Commonwealth. The inquiry also commissioned a survey from the Youth Research Centre at Melbourne University to which 3,128 individuals responded. This report summarizes major concerns raised by the public, drawing on selected quotes that are broadly representative. Following an introduction, chapter 2 describes the numbers, locations, schooling arrangements, and outcomes of rural and remote students. Chapters 3-6 cover the following themes: availability and accessibility of schools, distance education, travel, and financial aid; schooling quality (curriculum, staff, facilities, information technology, and other learning opportunities); students with disabilities (numbers, discrimination, barriers to integration, and some special programs); and Indigenous students (numbers, situation, access, barriers to participation and support, outcomes, Indigenous cultural studies, and Indigenous languages). The final chapter presents an overview of the human rights provisions relevant to rural and remote education. (Contains 14 references.) (TD)
Anmerkungen	Full text at Web site: http://www.hreoc.gov.au/human_rights/rural/education/index.html.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC