School-Based enabling programs: Creating opportunity and connection. A Practice Report

Anita Olds; Angela Jones; Rebekah Sturniolo-Baker; Shane Clarke; Jaimee Dawson; Wesley McGrath; Curtis Plumb; Catherine Schwartz; Carmel White

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School-Based enabling programs: Creating opportunity and connection. A Practice Report

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School-Based enabling programs: Creating opportunity and connection. A Practice Report

Anita Olds, Angela Jones, Rebekah Sturniolo-Baker, Shane Clarke, Jaimee Dawson, Wesley McGrath, Curtis Plumb, Catherine Schwartz and Carmel White

Student success, Vol.13(3), pp.1-10

2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5204/ssj.2436

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Education & Educational Research

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A growing body of literature and rhetoric from the secondary sector recognises that traditional senior secondary curriculums are not catering to all university aspirational students. This need created an opportunity for University Preparation Pathways (UPP) at Murdoch University to provide a transitional path for an underserviced cohort. FlexiTrack High (FTH), a pioneering school-based enabling program, demonstrates how effective course design can create opportunities for underserviced cohorts, contribute to the Government's goal of raising tertiary participation rates amongst young people and foster connections between tertiary and secondary institutions. Utilising a second -generation Enabling Transition Pedagogy (ETP), this report explores the pedagogical underpinnings of an effective school-based program. Autoethnographic data obtained through a unique collaboration between Murdoch and partnerships schools, as well as quantitative progression data and student surveys, provide early indicators of the wide range of impacts an explicit model of this nature can have on students and schools.

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Title: School-Based enabling programs: Creating opportunity and connection. A Practice Report
Authors/Creators: Anita Olds - Murdoch Univ, Murdoch, WA, Australia
Angela Jones - Murdoch Univ, Murdoch, WA, Australia
Rebekah Sturniolo-Baker - Murdoch Univ, Murdoch, WA, Australia
Shane Clarke - Mater Misericordiae Hospital
Jaimee Dawson - Salle Coll, Middle Swan, WA, Australia
Wesley McGrath - Seton Catholic Coll, Samson, WA, Australia
Curtis Plumb - Dalyellup Coll, Dalyellup, WA, Australia
Catherine Schwartz - Supreme Council Of Health
Carmel White - Salle Coll, Middle Swan, WA, Australia
Publication Details: Student success, Vol.13(3), pp.1-10
Publisher: Queensland Univ Technology
Number of pages: 10
Identifiers: 991005585966907891
Murdoch Affiliation: Murdoch University
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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