Overcoming Disadvantage Through the Innovative Classroom
Author | : Rosalyn Black |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 11 |
Release | : 2006 |
ISBN-10 | : OCLC:1064141142 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Australia is a high performing but low equity country with regards to educational attainment. Low socio-economic background students and schools with large numbers of these students perform less well than higher socio-economic background students and schools. Yet some schools are turning around student learning outcomes despite the impact of disadvantage. With funding from The R E Ross Trust, Education Foundation Australia is conducting a study into how schools in our most disadvantaged communities are breaking the pattern of low student engagement and achievement. Informed by a review of research and practice, the study documents the learning strategies used by nine Victorian schools to engage low socio-economic background students in the crucial middle years, what supports or hinders them in their work and how successful models can be implemented across other schools serving high poverty communities.