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Background of students in Alternative Education: Interviews with a selected 2008 cohort

Publication Details

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(s): Dr. Keren Brooking & Ben Gardiner, with Dr. Sarah Calvert [New Zealand Council for Educational Research]

Date Published: July 2009

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Reports from Youth 2000. A National Secondary School Youth Health and Wellbeing Survey. Auckland: University of Auckland. Found on:

http://www.youth2000.ac.nz/publications/reports-1142.htm

  • New Zealand Youth A Profile of their Health and Wellbeing
  • Te Ara Whakapiki Taitamariki: Maori Specific Findings of Youth2000
  • Alcohol and New Zealand Youth: A snapshot of young people's experience with alcohol
  • Violence and New Zealand Young People
  • Alternative Education Students Health: From Northland and Auckland Regions

http://www.youth2000.ac.nz/publications/reports-1142.htm

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