Listening to the Community on Student Retention

Autor/inn/en	Watson, Jane; Wright, Suzie; Allen, Jeanne Maree; Beswick, Kim; Hay, Ian; Cranston, Neil
Titel	Listening to the Community on Student Retention
Quelle	(2015), (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Persistence; Foreign Countries; Stakeholders; Community Attitudes; Rural Areas; Disadvantaged Schools; Access to Education; Employment Opportunities; Community Responsibility; Parent Role; Teacher Role; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Principals; Administrator Role; Literacy Education; Numeracy; Transportation; Nontraditional Education; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Berufschance; Beschäftigungschance; Parental role; Elternrolle; Lehrerrolle; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Principal; Schulleiter; Rechenkompetenz; Verkehrswesen; Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; Australien
Abstract	This paper draws from a large longitudinal study into issues related to student retention beyond the compulsory years of schooling and gives voice to a commonly-overlooked set of stakeholders, namely those in the community. Although many studies report on students' and teachers' opinions of the influence of the community on student engagement and retention, very little is found based on data from the community members themselves. This paper provides an analysis of 11 in-depth interviews carried out with members of the community during the three-year mixed-methods research project on student retention in rural, regional, and disadvantaged areas of Tasmania. Of the themes that emerged, the most salient was that of the provision of educational pathways for students. Other themes included job opportunities, both as a positive and negative influence on student retention, the responsibilities of the community from the perspectives of community members themselves, and their views of the importance of parents and teachers in relation to retention. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Australian Association for Research in Education. AARE Secretariat, One Geils Court, Deakin ACT 2600, Australia. Tel: +61-2-6285-8388; e-mail: aare@aare.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aare.edu.au
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01