Distance Travelled: Outcomes and Evidence in Flexible Learning Options

Autor/inn/en	Thomas, Joseph; McGinty, Sue; te Riele, Kitty; Wilson, Kimberley
Titel	Distance Travelled: Outcomes and Evidence in Flexible Learning Options
Quelle	In: Australian Educational Researcher, 44 (2017) 4-5, S.443-460 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (McGinty, Sue)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0311-6999
DOI	10.1007/s13384-017-0239-6
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Flexible Progression; Program Effectiveness; Teacher Attitudes; Value Judgment; Social Influences; Barriers; Access to Education; Evaluation Methods; Holistic Approach; Nontraditional Education; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Lehrerverhalten; Werturteil; Sozialer Einfluss; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Holistischer Ansatz; Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; Australien
Abstract	Flexible learning options (FLOs) provide individualised learning pathways for disengaged young people with strong emphasis on inclusivity and wellbeing support. Amidst a rapid expansion of Australia's flexible learning sector, service providers are under increasing pressure to substantiate participant outcomes. This paper stems from a national study of the value of FLOs to young people and the broader Australian community. The study enumerates the outcomes valued by flexible learning practitioners, as well as the various evidence forms they cite to substantiate participant outcomes. Framing success as "distance travelled" (i.e. an individual's progress relative to his or her own starting point), practitioners demonstrate critical awareness of the social and structural mechanisms by which young people are marginalised from mainstream schooling. Holistic assessment practices also reveal practitioners' efforts to expand the terms of reference by which educational outcomes may be validated in alternative education settings. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01