ERIC Number: EJ1275258
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 20
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ISSN: ISSN-1839-7387
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What Attributes Make an Alternate Model of Education for Remote Indigenous Adolescents: A Systematic Literature Review
Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, v3 n3 p1-20 2020
Education provides opportunities for adolescents to make developmental gains. Remote Indigenous adolescents not engaged in education programs need alternate learning opportunities to reach developmental goals. This review identifies attributes that contribute to an alternate model of education within the existing literature and reports on the quantity and nature of evidence. Thirty-seven databases and grey literature were canvassed using strict search criteria. Analysis of papers was conducted to find the enablers of alternate models by identifying the conditions, strategies and outcomes the intervention produced. Papers were categorised according to their nature by Canada's Hierarchy of Evidence and the Sanson-Fisher model. There was limited literature on alternate models of education for Indigenous adolescents in settings outside a school environment. Three papers were classified as descriptive and ten as intervention research. All papers were described as "emerging" and "promising" practices. The five attributes embedded within a model included: (1) cultural connectedness and awareness; (2) being contextually designed; (3) fosters relationships with peers and adults; (4) specific teaching and learning strategies; and (5) holistic outcomes. The findings will contribute to the co-design of an alternate model of education for remote Indigenous communities. Gaps identified in the literature included examples of "best practice" models and highlighted the need for further research of innovative models that move from descriptive research to form an evidence base.
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Nontraditional Education, Teaching Methods, Databases, Intervention, Outcomes of Education, Cultural Awareness, Educational Opportunities, Research Reports, Educational Practices, Classification, Indigenous Populations, Foreign Countries, Search Strategies, Canada Natives, Eskimos, Pacific Islanders, American Indians, Youth, Young Adults, Adolescents
Society for the Provision of Education in Rural Australia. P.O. Box 659, Wembly, Western Australia 6913. Tel: +08-9285-0626; e-mail: admin@spera.asn.au; Web site: http://www.spera.asn.au/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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