Books, book chapters and booklets by John Polesel
This paper outlines university admission frameworks in Australia and considers their impact on sc... more This paper outlines university admission frameworks in Australia and considers their impact on school leaver destinations, using administrative data from a selection of state education departments. In Australia, a federation of six states and two territories, universities are federally-funded and operate within a predominantly federal framework of legislation and administration. School systems, however, remain within the jurisdiction of the individual states and territories. For this reason, while the policy framework for university admissions is considered in the federal context, the consideration of school leaver destinations data is based on administrative data collected by state education authorities.
Reports by John Polesel
This report synthesises the findings of the deferral reports from the last five years and also re... more This report synthesises the findings of the deferral reports from the last five years and also reports on the final phase of the project which sought to identify the barriers preventing deferrers from taking up their offer, including financial and distance-related barriers, experiences relating to the transition to work and study and the support received to date from school, government and non-government organisations.
Papers by John Polesel
The Australian Educational Researcher
Education and Society
In Bhutan half of the population is under the age of 25 (United Nations 2017) and strengthening t... more In Bhutan half of the population is under the age of 25 (United Nations 2017) and strengthening the pathways of all young people, regardless of their background, is one of the priorities in the Bhutan Education Blueprint 2014-2024. This study examines the transitions from school of a sample of 895 young school completers from Western Bhutan in 2013. It considers the impact of gender, socio-economic status (SES), school type and subject stream on their destinations. The study revealed that males, public school students and higher SES students were more likely to enter university and government vocational training institutes, while girls, private school completers and lower SES students were more likely to enter private vocational training institutions, repeat Year 12, work or enter the labour market. The study provides invaluable findings about the post-school choices of young Bhutanese and their post-school pathways, as well as providing suggestions for policy reform and further res...
British Journal of Sociology of Education
Abstract: This study is based on a three-year longitudinal survey of young people undertaken betw... more Abstract: This study is based on a three-year longitudinal survey of young people undertaken between 2000-2002. It investigates young people's participation in vocational education and training (VET) and the benefits they derive from it, focusing on post-school ...
The Young Visions project was conducted between July 2001 and December 2002 by the Enterprise and... more The Young Visions project was conducted between July 2001 and December 2002 by the Enterprise and Career Education Foundation (ECEF) in partnership with the Educational Outcomes Research Unit (EORU) and the Youth Research Centre, both of the University of Melbourne. The ...
Abstract: This report examines how young people experience learning in vocational education and t... more Abstract: This report examines how young people experience learning in vocational education and training (VET), both instructional and self-instructional, expecting that this will vary considerably across different certificate levels and fields. The report looks at how well ...
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Books, book chapters and booklets by John Polesel
Reports by John Polesel
Papers by John Polesel
Lingard, Bob, (editor.) & Thompson, Greg, (editor.) & Sellar, Sam, (editor.) 2016, National testing in schools : an Australian assessment, Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY Routledge