Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0560698

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0560698

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

New Solutions For Maximising Secondary Indigenous Students' Full Potential: Identifying Causal Constructs That Enhance Indigenous Students' Aspirations and Educational Outcomes. Indigenous students are the most disadvantaged Australians on all indicators.Indigenous students' aspirations are significantly lower in comparison to non-Indigenous peers.Given the vital importance of aspirations for predicating life opportunities this is of dire concern.Capitalising on recent advances this investigation aims to identify constructs that causally impact on Indigenous students' aspirations and educational outcomes, and test whether the pattern of relations differentially varies for Indigenous and non-Indigenous students. This will result in: Identifying new solutions for intervention, sound measurement instruments for Indigenous populations, and distinguishing effective theoretical orientations and research methodology.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 03-05-2005

End Date: 28-05-2007

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $48,296.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Educational Psychology | Specialist Studies in Education

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education | Secondary education |

Other Keywords

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education | Educational Psychology | Secondary education | Specialist Studies in Education

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