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Alienation From School Among Aboriginal Students, Jan Gray, Quentin Beresford
Alienation From School Among Aboriginal Students, Jan Gray, Quentin Beresford
Research outputs pre 2011
It is difficult to overstate the depth of the educational disadvantage which continues to be experienced by Aboriginal young people in the Swan District. While encouraging signs can be found in the genuinely positive attitudes towards school among many of the Aboriginal students who are regular attenders, it is still the case that considerable differences in educational outcomes between Aborigines and non-Aborigines remain.
For example:
• Only one of the students interviewed was found to be undertaking a full Tertiary Entrance Examination course in the district during the Year 2000.
• Few students (especially boys) remain at school to study …