Editorial: Rural and remote boarding
Editorial: Rural and remote boarding Journal Article
Australian and International Journal of Rural Education
- Author(s): O'Bryan, M, Guenther, J, Osborne, S
- Published: 2020
- Volume: 30
- ISBN: ISSN 1839-7387 (online) ISSN 1036-0026 (print)
Abstract: Policy settings across governments characterise boarding schools using the language of opportunity and choice: boarding schools enable rural and remote living young people to access the best of education systems, irrespective of where they live. The papers presented in this Special Edition test this proposition. Authors from Australia and overseas address the topic of boarding, with a special focus on the experience of remote First Nations communities in Australia and overseas. Their combined insights indicate that where several preconditions are met, boarding schools can transform lives in all the best ways, but where providers fail to consider the holistic wellbeing of their students, great harm can ensue.