Differences in the attitudes of Australian rural and urban high school students towards school science

Terence Lyons; Frances Quinn

Differences in the attitudes of Australian rural and urban high school students towards school science

Terence Lyons
, Frances Quinn

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This paper reports and discusses findings from an Australian survey of Year 10 (15 -16 year old) students (N=3759) showing that those in small rural and remote areas tend to enjoy school science significantly less than their peers in larger towns and cities (Lyons & Quinn, 2010). Further, the study found that rural and remote students were less inclined than those in other locations to enjoy science relative to other subjects. Such a result has not previously been recorded in the science education literature and raises a number of questions about the relevance and quality of the science curriculum experienced by rural and remote students. It also raises timely questions about the applicability of a centralised National Science Curriculum to rural and remote students. The paper explores these issues and their implications for policy and research.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	New Directions for Educational Welfare in Rural Schools: Symposium Proceedings
Editors	Joon Yul Choi, Terry Lyons
Place of Publication	Kongju, Korea
Publisher	Kongju National University
Pages	226-235
ISBN (Print)	9788995089446, 9788995089453
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	ISFIRE 2011: Second International Symposium for Innovation in Rural Education and 2011 Korea-Japan Society of Educational Administration Symposium - Kongju, South Korea Duration: 9 Feb 2011 → 11 Feb 2011

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Conference	ISFIRE 2011: Second International Symposium for Innovation in Rural Education and 2011 Korea-Japan Society of Educational Administration Symposium
City	Kongju, South Korea
Period	9/02/11 → 11/02/11

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Science, Technology and Engineering Curriculum and Pedagogy

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Lyons, T & Quinn, F 2011, Differences in the attitudes of Australian rural and urban high school students towards school science. in J Yul Choi & T Lyons (eds), New Directions for Educational Welfare in Rural Schools: Symposium Proceedings. Kongju National University, Kongju, Korea, pp. 226-235, ISFIRE 2011: Second International Symposium for Innovation in Rural Education and 2011 Korea-Japan Society of Educational Administration Symposium, Kongju, South Korea, 9/02/11. <https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/9934>

Differences in the attitudes of Australian rural and urban high school students towards school science. / Lyons, Terence; Quinn, Frances.
New Directions for Educational Welfare in Rural Schools: Symposium Proceedings. ed. / Joon Yul Choi; Terry Lyons. Kongju, Korea: Kongju National University, 2011. p. 226-235.

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