School (non-)attendance and 'mobile cultures': theoretical and empirical insights from Indigenous Australia
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Prout, Sarah; Biddle, Nicholas
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) Australians are significantly and substantially less likely to be attending school on a given day than their non-Indigenous counterparts. This has been shown to have long-term consequences for the development of the mainstream literacy and numeracy skills associated with formal schooling, as well as later school and employment outcomes. Reducing this gap is a key focus of government education policy within Australia. Hampering the design of...[Show more]
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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Date published: | 2016 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/102940 |
Source: | Race Ethnicity and Education |
DOI: | 10.1080/13613324.2016.1150831 |
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