Background of students in Alternative Education: Interviews with a selected 2008 cohort
This report presents the findings from a research project carried out in 2008 on the educational histories and pathways of alternative education (A.E.) students in New Zealand.
Author: Dr. Keren Brooking & Ben Gardiner, with Dr. Sarah Calvert [New Zealand Council for Educational Research]Date Published: July 2009
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- Acknowledgements
- Executive Summary
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Students’ Whānau and Families
- 3. The influence of violence in students' lives
- 4. The influence of gangs in students' lives
- 5. Students' educational pathways and experiences
- 6. Students' learning experiences in AE centres
- 7. Learning at AE centres
- 8. Students' strengths, future hopes and aspirations
- 9. Conclusions
- References
- Bibliography
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank most of all, the students from the alternative education centres who participated in this research, because without them there would be no stories. Our thanks also go to the A.E. centre managers for organising our visit and welcoming us. In particular we appreciated the help given to us from the students from the Challenge 2000 A.E. centre, who acted as advisors to us when we were designing our project, and interpreting our results. They acted as consultants to us and kept us on the right path. They also helped us with our interpretations of the findings, and added useful further insights. Our cover design comes from one of the students at Challenge 2000, as a result of trialling the activity we had designed. Thank you to that student.
Our thanks also go to Megan Somerville from the Ministry of Education for providing us with an understanding of the policy and practice of alternative education, and for her review of our design approach and instruments.
Other staff from NZCER also contributed to this research. Jane Gilbert provided advice on ethics, Marie Cameron provided advice and guidance throughout the research and she also peer reviewed the draft report. Magdalene Lin assisted with the transcription of interviews. Christine Williams provided the formatting support for the report. Thank you to all these people.