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Educating on the Margins: Young People's Insights into Effective Alternative Education
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Reimer, Kristin; Pangrazio, Luci – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2020
Like many countries, Australia has persistent rates of school exclusion, juvenile offending and recidivism. In response, there has been a growth of 'alternative education' provision -- interventions that support young people to engage with learning opportunities outside the conventional education system. While alternative education programs…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nontraditional Education, Program Effectiveness, At Risk Students
Developing and Implementing a Mobile Conservation Education Unit for Rural Primary School Children in Lao PDR
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Hansel, Troy; Phimmavong, Somvang; Phengsopha, Kaisone; Phompila, Chitana; Homduangpachan, Khiaosaphan – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2010
In this article, the authors examine the implementation and success of a mobile conservation education unit targeting primary schools in central Lao PDR (People's Democratic Republic). The mobile unit conducted 3-hour interactive programs for school children focused on the importance of wildlife and biodiversity around the primary schools in rural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Conservation Education, Elementary School Students, Rural Areas
Mobile Pre-School Units in New Zealand. Volume I.
Kennedy, Shelley; And Others – 1990
Mobile preschool units were developed in New Zealand in the 1970s in response to concerns about adequate provision of early childhood education in isolated areas. There are currently nine such units operating under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education. Each unit is comprised of two kindergarten teachers who travel with equipment to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Mobile Educational Services, Outreach Programs
Technical Maintenance Officer Service. Priority Country Area Program Evaluation Series: Report No. 12.
Saide, Tom; Lamont, Ann – 1984
Begun in 1978 to provide Queensland's South-West and Central Priority Country schools with a comprehensive maintenance and repair service for most audio-visual equipment, the Technical Maintenance Officer Service (TMO) serves 76 schools with total enrollment exceeding 13,000 pupils dispersed over a 469,000 square kilometer area. Two trained…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Equipment Maintenance
Report on Home Visits Provided by PCAP Primary Itinerant Teachers. Priority Country Area Program, Queensland Project Report 1.
Saide, Tom – 1983
The Queensland Primary Itinerant Teacher Service assists home tutors with the education of primary school children on correspondence education, supplementing the efforts of the Primary Correspondence School (PCS) and the Schools of the Air (SOTA). Primary means of service delivery is the home visit. The role of the itinerant teacher encompasses…
Descriptors: Correspondence Study, Distance Education, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
The Mobile Manual Arts Unit in South-West Queensland. Priority Country Area Program Evaluation Series: Report No. 11.
Fowler, Clifford F.; Peters, Joanne – 1983
Begun in 1978 to bring manual arts experience to children in Queensland's "disadvantaged country areas," the Mobile Manual Arts Unit by the end of the 1980 school year had visited 16 separate locations, involving 25 different schools. A total of 727 students had participated (out of a target population of 992 pupils) and a total of 259…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Distance, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education