Boarding schools: A longitudinal examination of Australian Indigenous and non‐Indigenous boarders’ and non‐boarders’ wellbeing

Abstract

Improving educational outcomes for IndigenousAustralian students is a key strategy to helping Indigenous people reach their full potential. This has resulted in well-intentioned efforts by Australian educators and governments to ensure Indigenous children have positive school experiences. However, Indigenous students still lag behind their non-Indigenous counterparts in educational outcomes. This is particularly so for Indigenous students living in rural and remote parts of Australia where educational opportunities are limited, especially in high school. One solution to this problem has been to enrol these students in boarding schools in urban and metropolitan centres. While research on the success of boarding schools for Indigenous students is scarce, what little that does exist is not encouraging. The focus of this research was to examine the effects of boarding for Indigenous (n = 11) and non-Indigenous students' (n = 158) wellbeing (N = 1423) in two large private boys' schools. Participating students aged 12-18 years old completed a survey measuring

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