Access To Education: An Evaluation Of The Aboriginal Secondary Grants Scheme
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Book: Good
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Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
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At the intersection of educational policy and social justice lies a landmark study that scrutinises one of Australia's most significant attempts to close the gap in secondary schooling for its First Nations peoples. Access to Education: An Evaluation of the Aboriginal Secondary Grants Scheme presents a rigorous, evidence-based assessment of the federal government's financial assistance program, chronicling its reach, its shortcomings, and its real-world impact on Aboriginal students navigating the secondary school system. B.H. Watts marshals empirical data and field research to construct a clear-eyed picture of whether institutional support translates into genuine educational opportunity, arguing that policy intent and policy outcomes are rarely the same thing. The work sits firmly within the tradition of applied education research, combining sociological analysis with policy critique to illuminate the structural barriers that continue to shape Indigenous Australians' access to formal schooling. Watts writes with the measured authority of a practitioner who understands both the bureaucratic architecture of grants schemes and the human stakes involved, producing a text that is as much a call to accountability as it is an academic evaluation. Scholars of Australian education, Indigenous affairs, and social policy will find this volume an indispensable reference — and anyone concerned with equity in education will be left asking whether the lessons contained within have ever truly been learned.
Author: B.H. Watts
Format: Paperback
Published: 1976, Department of Education
Genre: Education theory
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the intersection of educational policy and social justice lies a landmark study that scrutinises one of Australia's most significant attempts to close the gap in secondary schooling for its First Nations peoples. Access to Education: An Evaluation of the Aboriginal Secondary Grants Scheme presents a rigorous, evidence-based assessment of the federal government's financial assistance program, chronicling its reach, its shortcomings, and its real-world impact on Aboriginal students navigating the secondary school system. B.H. Watts marshals empirical data and field research to construct a clear-eyed picture of whether institutional support translates into genuine educational opportunity, arguing that policy intent and policy outcomes are rarely the same thing. The work sits firmly within the tradition of applied education research, combining sociological analysis with policy critique to illuminate the structural barriers that continue to shape Indigenous Australians' access to formal schooling. Watts writes with the measured authority of a practitioner who understands both the bureaucratic architecture of grants schemes and the human stakes involved, producing a text that is as much a call to accountability as it is an academic evaluation. Scholars of Australian education, Indigenous affairs, and social policy will find this volume an indispensable reference — and anyone concerned with equity in education will be left asking whether the lessons contained within have ever truly been learned.