Aborigines and Their Central Schools

Part I of this article outlined the findings of a 1987 study of attitudes of Aboriginal students in 19 New South Wales Central Schools. It showed that, despite higher attrition rates, Aboriginal children seemed to be as favourably disposed towards their schools as were their non-Aboriginal peers.Part II, drawing from the same Central Schools study, compares the perceptions of teachers in these Central Schools according to whether the schools were 'predominantly Aboriginal', 'significantly Aboriginal' or 'non-Aboriginal

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