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Beyond The Compulsory Years : Transitions In New South Wales High Schools, John Ainley, M Sheret
Beyond The Compulsory Years : Transitions In New South Wales High Schools, John Ainley, M Sheret
Dr John Ainley
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Reporting Research For Teachers: Students In The Senior Secondary Years, John Ainley, Michael Sheret
Reporting Research For Teachers: Students In The Senior Secondary Years, John Ainley, Michael Sheret
Dr John Ainley
Traditionally, until the 1970s, senior secondary schooling in Australia was restricted to a minority of each age group. This was particularly pronounced in the case of government schools. From that time, however, the proportion of each cohort staying at school beyond the compulsory years began to increase rapidly and, by the 1980s, retention patterns in secondary schools had changed dramatically. These changes were most marked in government secondary schools. In this article the authors report on a study conducted on a sample of government high schools in New South Wales, which examined the post compulsory educational experiences of a group …
Participation In Science Courses In Senior Secondary School, John Ainley
Participation In Science Courses In Senior Secondary School, John Ainley
Dr John Ainley
In previous research, participation in science studies in senior secondary school has been related to both background characteristics of students and to earlier achievements and interests. This paper reports an investigation of participation in combinations of subjects in senior secondary schools in Australia which embody different science orientations. It shows that different combinations of factors shape participation in physical science' and 'biological and other science' types of course. Both are favoured by investigative interest but participation in a physical science course type is strongly associated with high levels of earlier school achievement in numeracy and gender whereas participation in a …