Positive learning environments for Indigenous children and young people
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AIHW
Lucy Ockenden (2014) Positive learning environments for Indigenous children and young people, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 19 April 2024.
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Lucy Ockenden. (2014). Positive learning environments for Indigenous children and young people. Canberra: AIHW.
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Lucy Ockenden. Positive learning environments for Indigenous children and young people. AIHW, 2014.
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Lucy Ockenden. Positive learning environments for Indigenous children and young people. Canberra: AIHW; 2014.
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Lucy Ockenden 2014, Positive learning environments for Indigenous children and young people, AIHW, Canberra.
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Recent literature indicates that school-based factors, such as teaching approach and the school environment, are of primary importance in improving the educational outcomes of Indigenous students. This resource sheet reviews the research literature to identify the school-based factors that contribute to an effective learning environment. It notes examples of promising school-wide approaches, and presents background information on the significant gap between the educational achievements of Indigenous and non-Indigenous students in literacy and numeracy, Year 12 attainment and school attendance.
- ISSN: 2201-845X
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-598-9
- Cat. no: IHW 134
- Pages: 23
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Indigenous students are more at risk of disengaging from school than non-Indigenous students
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For students to reach their educational potential they need to be behaviourally, emotionally and cognitively engaged