Joan Abbott?Chapman
Making the most of the mosaic: facilitating post-school transitions to higher education of disadvantaged students
University of Tasmania
research studies postschool education training conducted australia internationally revealed mosaic students education employment experiences multiplicity nonlinear pathways tend fragmentary disadvantaged students especially low socioeconomic background rural students mature aged students seeking second chance education challenges faced students transitions higher education made complex intersection vertical stratification created institutional sectoral status hierarchies segmentation especially relating academic vocational education training horizontal stratification regional rural remote locations students live achieve equity goals set bradley review bradley et al review australian higher education final report 2008 need acknowledge work complex realities disadvantaged students situations starting school level interrelated factors individual community institutional level continue inhibit student takeup higher education places discussed context discursive constructions disadvantage choice late modernity research highlights need facilitate students postschool transitions developing student resilience institutional responsiveness policy reflexivity transformative education