This report considers the relations between ethnicity and the dispositions towards learning necessary for successful participation in the Australian education system. In contrast to common assumptions about the cultural attributes of some ethnic groups, it considers how home and school practices help produce the attributes of learners, how these attributes are embodied as dispositions towards...

The Learning Assistance Program (LAP) was established in 2004 with a 3-year funding period. Its purpose is to assist students enrolled in regular classes K-12 who are having difficulty in literacy, numeracy or language. It also focuses on building the capacity of classroom teachers to provide effective support to students experiencing difficulties in these basic...