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Ratcliffe, Ruth; Boughton, Bob – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2019
This article draws on work with communities in the rural and remote towns of Brewarrina, Wilcannia and Enngonia, New South Wales (NSW) to explore the relationship between low adult literacy levels and the continuing alienation of Aboriginal communities from educational decision making. Building on the analysis of community-school relations…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Literacy Education, Adult Literacy, Rural Areas
Skouteris, Helen; Hill, Briony; McCabe, Marita; Swinburn, Boyd; Sacher, Paul; Chadwick, Paul – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
The aim of this paper was to compare the recruitment strategies of two recent studies that focused on the parental influences on childhood obesity during the preschool years. The first study was a randomised controlled trial (RCT) of the Mind, Exercise, Nutrition?…?Do It! 2-4 obesity prevention programme and the second was a longitudinal cohort…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Obesity, Prevention, At Risk Persons
Plunkett, Margaret; Dyson, Michael; Scheider, Peter – Australian Association for Research in Education, 2013
The School for Student leadership (SSL) provides a unique educational experience for Australian Year 9 secondary school students at a time when parental expectations may not necessarily be in alignment with student engagement and motivation. Yet there are often concerns amongst both students and their parents about spending time outside…
Descriptors: Student Leadership, Parent Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Educational Experience
Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, 2009
These guidelines for 2010-2013 relate specifically to the Partnership Brokers program. This program is part of the Australian Government's contribution to the Youth Attainment and Transitions National Partnership and will commence on 1 January 2010. These Guidelines set out the requirements for the provision of services by organisations contracted…
Descriptors: Business, Partnerships in Education, Privacy, Contracts

Stephens, Max; Carss, Marjorie – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 1986
Main elements of a discussion on mathematics education and parents at an Australian conference are presented. Suggestions on how parents can be involved, including descriptions of three programs, are included. (MNS)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Family School Relationship, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction

Cairney, Trevor H. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 1995
Presents evidence that schools inconsistently tap the social, cultural, and linguistic resources of families, privileging specific groups. Argues that teachers need to examine their literacy practices and the ways these affect students. Offers a description of an Australian program to provide a framework for bridging home and school literacies.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Parent Teacher Cooperation
Cairney, Trevor H.; And Others – 1995
As part of a larger Australian study on family literacy, this study obtained information about a wide range of family or community literacy initiatives currently in operation in Australia. The study was interested in how the language and literacy learning of students from a variety of schools and communities was influenced by the involvement of…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Family Literacy, Foreign Countries, Parent Participation
Elias, Gordon; Hay, Ian; Homel, Ross; Freiberg, Kate – Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 2006
A parent-child dialogic reading program was implemented across four preschools, involving 62 caregivers/parents in a low socioeconomic status, disadvantaged community where English was not the first language in 54 per cent of the homes. This socioculturally sensitive program aimed to enhance children's language and emergent literacy development,…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Disadvantaged, Parent Participation, Caregivers
Singh, Manjari – 2002
This digest presents a description of three innovative interventions designed to support student literacy acquisition outside the classroom in low resource communities. It begins with a discussion of literacy related issues in low resource environments, noting that an increasing number of children who are not acquiring a basic education live in…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Disadvantaged Environment, Elementary Education, Enrichment Activities
Fletcher, Richard – 1997
Acknowledging that if schools want fathers to become involved in their children's education, schools must value men for what they can contribute, this booklet presents stories giving a range of examples of schools trying to facilitate the involvement of fathers, including uncles, grandfathers, and other men from the community. The stories are not…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Father Attitudes, Fathers, Foreign Countries
Australian Coll. of Education, Carlton, Victoria. – 1978
This book is a compilation of 13 speeches given at a 1978 conference in Canberra, Australia on the theme of quality education in the Australian system. Some of the topics covered include the disadvantaged schools' program, the school as a social agency, quality education in rural schools, curriculum and the socially disadvantaged, parental…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Disadvantaged, Educational Quality, Educational Research

Cairney, Trevor H.; Munsie, Lynne – Reading Teacher, 1995
Describes an Australian program, called Talk to a Literacy Learner, which involves parents more intimately in the literacy development of their children. Focuses on the strategies parents use to interact with their children as they read and write. Discusses program effectiveness. (SR)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy, Foreign Countries, Parent Child Relationship

Braithwaite, John; Healy, Muriel – Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 1979
Discusses the objectives, practices, and values associated with home-based early childhood programs. (MP)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Home Programs, Home Visits, Nontraditional Education
Canberra Coll. of Advanced Education (Australia). School of Teacher Education. – 1979
Four programs focusing on the school-community relationship and cooperation are described. The first illustrates how a building program was initiated in a Lutheran school in south Australia. The second focuses on the nature of parent involvement in a New South Wales high school and needed changes. The third program sought to guage parent opinion…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Schools, Educational Facilities Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Metham, J. – 1980
These two papers are products of the Mount Druitt Early Childhood Project, a project established to develop, implement and evaluate five different early childhood programs for disadvantaged children in a suburban area of Sydney, Australia. The programs enrolled children from preschool age through kindergarten and first grade. The first document…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Competency Based Education, Foreign Countries, Grade 1
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