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Sandra Wooltorton; John Guenther; Judith Wilks; Anna Dwyer – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2022
Our past shapes our present. However, do Australian universities understand the ways historical discourses continue to shape them? Provoked by the findings of our empirical study implemented in Western Australia's Kimberley region in 2018-2019, we conducted a critical text analysis of recent and past policies to seek historical explanation. As a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Universities, Educational Policy
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Tessa Benveniste; John Guenther; Lorraine King; Drew Dawson – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2022
Many remote Aboriginal Australian students live away from home for periods of time to access secondary education through boarding schools. While financial, political and community support is burgeoning for boarding models that provide scholarships, sports programs, or accommodation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, very little…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Post High School Guidance, Boarding Schools, Access to Education
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John Guenther; Robyn Ober; Rhonda Oliver; Catherine Holmes – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2024
Over recent years there has been a strong emphasis on year 12 completion as an indicator of success in remote First Nations education. The research reported in this article explores what students, school staff and community members say leads to secondary school retention and, ultimately, completion. The research was conducted in the Northern…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Indigenous Populations, Distance Education, Grade 11