Aboriginal Student Engagement and Success in Kimberley Tertiary Education

Autor/inn/en	Guenther, John; Dwyer, Anna; Wooltorton, Sandra; Wilks, Judith
Titel	Aboriginal Student Engagement and Success in Kimberley Tertiary Education
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 50 (2021) 2, S.265-273 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Guenther, John) ORCID (Wooltorton, Sandra)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1326-0111
DOI	10.1017/jie.2021.2
Schlagwörter	Indigenous Populations; Learner Engagement; Academic Achievement; Foreign Countries; College Students; Student Attitudes; Rural Areas; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sinti und Roma; Schulleistung; Ausland; Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Australien
Abstract	Over recent years, considerable effort has been put into increasing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (First Nations) participation in higher education. While there are signs that enrolments are increasing, the sustained engagement and successful completion of higher education remains challenging, particularly in remote locations. With this in mind, a collaborative research project among researchers from three northern Australian tertiary education institutions was designed to understand student perspectives, particularly from remote contexts, about their engagement and success towards completion in higher education. Based on a qualitative research design situating Indigenist/interpretive research within a critical realism metatheory, we present findings from the study, based in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, and unpack implications for higher education provision in remote contexts. The findings point to the unique challenges faced by students who live in the Kimberley--and perhaps in other remote locations around Australia. In order to meet these needs, we suggest that tertiary education providers must tailor provision to ensure that engagement with Aboriginal students is relational and culturally safe. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01