Sustainable Education in Regional Australia

The issues analyzed in this book explore a range of questions that impact the sustainability of Australia's rural and regional education. Divided into three sections - university education, school education, and Indigenous education - the questions that are examined include:
• How can students from homes where neither parent has received post-school education be encouraged to undertake higher education?
• How can the collective needs of some children - for example, Indigenous students - be met?
• Is competition beneficial for attracting all types of learners?
• How does one re-distribute resources to those who are in most need?
• How do we reward the more effective academics and teachers who impact learning?
• How do we measure this impact?
• How do we keep the most talented and motivated people in the teaching process?
• How does assessment become an on-going developmental process that invigorates and stimulates interest and understanding?