| Abstract: | In the context of pressure to increase retention rates a wide variety of alternative educational programs has developed in
Australia over the past few decades. The purpose of this paper is to provide a map of the alternative education landscape
for marginalised youth in New South Wales, in order to reduce confusion and enable communication between programs, practitioners
and scholars, locally and internationally. This paper focuses on two dimensions to do with the program’s purpose in relation
to locus of change and with the stability of the program to construct a proposed map of alternative education for marginalised
youth in Australia. Based on this map, the paper argues that one type of program is most useful, not only for marginalised
young people but also for suggesting possibilities for reform in mainstream education. |
