Western Australian rural and remote schooling: The influence of learning environments on student participation and retention

到2010年，澳大利亚所有州和地区都将把离校年龄从15岁提高到17岁。作为率先采取这一重要步骤使不满的青年重新参与教育、培训和（或）就业选择的国家之一，重要的是对西澳大利亚的经验进行严格审查。拟议的研究重点是学校社区倡议中可能存在最大问题的领域——为农村和偏远学校的学生提供的课程以及课堂学习环境如何以及为什么会影响学生的参与度和保留率。

By 2010 all Australian States and Territories will have raised the school leaving age from 15 to 17 years of age. As one of the first States to have undertaken this essential step toward re-engaging disaffected youth in education, training and/or employment options, it is important that a rigorous examination of the Western Australian experience is conducted. The proposed research focuses on what is likely to be the most problematic area of the initiative for school communities - how and why the programs offered to students in rural and remote school and classroom learning environments impact upon student engagement and retention.