Education revolution or just plain revolting? Aboriginal prisoner education in Western Australia
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conference contribution
posted on 2024-06-17, 14:29authored byR Carnes
The current Australian Federal government has voiced a commitment to an 'education revolution' and set targets for 'closing the gap' in education attainment for Aboriginal people. Unfortunately, this revolution appears to have bypassed prison education altogether with no mention of it in the publicly available policy documents. This is regrettable given the large numbers of Aboriginal people in custody and begs the question 'Are our incarcerated Indigenous citizens going to be excluded from any potential benefit of the 'revolution'?'
History
Location
Hobart, Tasmania
Start date
2011-11-27
End date
2011-12-01
ISSN
1324-9320
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Notes
I was at Murdoch University at the time of this publication.
Publication classification
E1.1 Full written paper - refereed, E Conference publication
Copyright notice
2011, AARE
Editor/Contributor(s)
Wright J
Title of proceedings
AARE Conference 2011: Researching Across Boundaries. Conference Proceedings
Event
AARE Conference 2011: Researching Across Boundaries.