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Community Consultation on the Secondary Education Report

The report on the 2004 community consultations is available as a single download or in separate sections.

Community Consultation on the Secondary Education Report (1.4 megabytes, Adobe Acrobat document)

Table of Contents Page
Title page and Contents 1
Acknowledgements 4
1.0 Executive Summary 5 - 10
2.0 Methodology and a Critique
2.1 Phase One - Information Sharing
2.2 Phase Two - Community Discussion
2.3 Phase Three - Education Discussion Forums
2.4 Summary of Observations
11-15
12
14
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15
3.0 The Principles Behind a Quality NT Secondary Education System 16-17

4.0 Teaching & Learning
4.1 Support for Teachers
4.2 Recommendations
4.3 Community Ideas
4.4 Support for Students
4.5 Recommendations
4.6 Community Ideas

18-37
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24
31
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37
5.0 Curriculum
5.1 Submissions
5.2 Community Discussions
5.3 Recommendations
5.4 Community Ideas
38-45
38
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45
6.0 The Community's Vision for Indigenous Education
6.1 Options for delivering secondary education in remote Indigenous communities
6.2 Common issues in remote Indigenous communities
6.3 Issues in larger communities
6.4 A national response for remote Indigenous communities
6.5 Recommendations
46-58
47
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7.0 Distance Education - Flexible Learning
7.1 Submissions
7.2 Policy
7.3 Client Groups
7.4 Client Group Expectations
7.5 Curriculum Development
7.6 Modes of Delivery
7.7 Coordination & Management of Distance Learning
7.8 Recommendations
7.9 Community Ideas
59-72
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8.0 Structure and Stages of Schooling
8.1 Submissions
8.2 Year 7 & primary schools
8.3 Why move Year 7?
8.4 Regional differences over Year 7
8.5 Year 10 to the senior years
8.6 Recommendations
8.7 Community Ideas
73-83
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9.0 Learning Precincts
9.1 Points of agreement
9.2 General community reactions
9.3 The Governance Model
9.4 Recommendations
9.5 Community Ideas
84-91
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10.0 Monitoring & evaluating teacher, principal and school performance
10.1 Submissions
10.2 Recommendations
10.3 Community Ideas
92-98
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11.0 Other recommendations
99-100
Appendix I: Responses from Phase Three: Education Discussion Forum 101-103
Appendix II: Submissions (by topics) 104-115

 

 
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