Remote Indigenous communities are under increasing pressure to share responsibility for community well-being and capacity building. Their challenge is to achieve social and economic sustainability without losing core values of Indigenous law, culture and language. Education, training and employment are essential elements to this future scenario. This report is based on a study of a...

The conception of literacy is changing to reflect the profound economic, social, political and cultural changes of the past half century. Michele Lonsdale and Doug McCurry examine three broad literacy ideologies - cognitive, individual-based model, economics-driven model, and sociocultural model. While current research situates literacy in social practice, government policy aligns more with the cognitive...

Indigenous engagement with vocational education and training (VET) has improved significantly, but successful Indigenous completion rates are lower nationally when compared to the overall population. In this report, based on an action research project, Jo Balatti, Lyn Gargano, Martha Goldman, Gary Wood and Julie Woodlock examine intra-institutional factors at four Queensland TAFE institutes to better...

There are differences between, and among, people in ethnic communities. Judith Miralles seeks to provide a more nuanced snapshot of vocational education and training (VET) participation and completion rates among Arabic, Bosnian, Cantonese, Spanish, Turkish, and Vietnamese communities. She also investigates the effectiveness of English as a second language programs as a pathway to training...

Developed in conjunction with the Australian Indigenous Training Advisory Council, this research strategy aims to contribute to the achievement of the vision and objectives of Partners in a learning culture: National strategy from 2000 until 2005. This report builds on work about Indigenous engagement with vocational education and training (VET), and the extent VET helps...