A "Formidable Challenge": Australia's Quest for Equity in Indigenous Education

Autor/inn/en	Gray, Jan; Beresford, Quentin
Titel	A "Formidable Challenge": Australia's Quest for Equity in Indigenous Education
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Education, 52 (2008) 2, S.197-223 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0004-9441
Schlagwörter	Indigenous Populations; Equal Education; Social Theories; Educational Policy; Interdisciplinary Approach; Educational Change; Disadvantaged; Outcomes of Education; School Holding Power; Attendance; Racial Discrimination; Public Administration; Foreign Countries; Australia; Canada; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sinti und Roma; Gesellschaftstheorie; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Bildungsreform; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Anwesenheit; Racial bias; Rassismus; Öffentliche Verwaltung; Ausland; Australien; Kanada; USA
Abstract	Indigenous education in Australia has been the subject of ongoing policy focus and repeated official inquiry as the nation grapples with trying to achieve equity for these students. Perspectives from recent developments in the USA and Canada highlight the similarity of challenges. The article employs a multidisciplinary approach to social theory to examine the underlying causes of the creation of a plateau effect of progress in this area. The article argues that the lack of progress is a reflection of a complex set of underlying factors, many of which are under acknowledged in educational debates. Arising from this examination is the need for a new governance model for Indigenous education involving both horizontal and vertical policy-making structures. (Contains 4 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10