What are we Missing?
A Review of the Educational and Vocational Interests of Marginalised Rural Youth
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https://doi.org/10.47381/aijre.v6i2.409Abstract
This article explores the disturbing and persistent phenomenon of 'street kids' in contemporary Australia, through a model intersecting youth unemployment, homelessness and truancy. Recent educational reforms and Australian field research on 'street kids' are examined. Secondly, a qualitative study with rural 'street kids' which investigates their educational and vocational interests is explicated. It was found that the youth were strongly motivated particularly towards creative, practical and life skills learning that could help them construct 'meaning' and purpose'. The authors recommend innovative pilot programs with the youth using collaborative processes such as action learning.
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