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This chapter focuses on Education participants. Teachers and school leaders reflect on why students were at their schools, their understanding of the outcomes to which families and schools respectively aspired, and the expectations schools had of students and their families. Alumni report their perception of schools’ motivations.
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O’Bryan, M. (2021). The Purpose and Presumed Benefits of Boarding; Parents and Alumni. In: Boarding and Australia's First Peoples. Indigenous-Settler Relations in Australia and the World, vol 3. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6009-2_4
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