During the 1970's a variety of special educational
programs were set up for adult Aboriginal people.
In general these programs were designed to meet the
needs of people who for a variety of reasons, were
at an educational or social disadvantage in comparison
to the rest of the Australian population.
The Djwani project stood out in sharp contrast to
these other programs. This project was designed
to serve Aboriginal people who had demonstrated
their ability to cope with tertiary education,and
who were likely to be able to occupy important
positions in Aboriginal Affairs.
The Djwani project aimed to maximise beginning
tertiary qualifications for the professions that
the students intended to enter, and pr pare them
to operate in positions of leadership. This was
to be achieved by an upgrading tertiary program,
coupled with a field experience system.
The project was operated at the Canberra College
of Advanced Education in the later part of the
1970's. It was discontinued in 1978.
This document is a report of an evaluative study
carried out during the operation of the Djwani
project. It provides a framework in which the
administration and activities associated with the
project can be, recorded and examined.
This study of the Djwani project, is escentially a
case study of the project, which also uses a number of
evaluative deviceses developed by the author in other
situations.
This study examines the activities of the actual
Djwani project, it does not attempt to provide longitudinal
information on the students after they
leave the project. It does however attempt to compare
the project with other adult educational projects
mounted for Aborigines, and to appraise the projects
value in Aboriginal Affairs in general.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/219462 |
| Date | January 1979 |
| Creators | Willmot, Eric, n/a |
| Publisher | University of Canberra. Teacher Education |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | ), Copyright Eric Willmot |
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