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Start date: 1974 × Subject: Education, Secondary × Type: Masters Coursework thesis × Author: Burrell, John ×

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    Parental choice: non-government secondary schools in the Ballarat region
    Burrell, John ( 1981)
    This study grew out of suggestions that there was a drift in students at the secondary level from government schools to the independent schools at Ballarat. Later, evidence presented by the Regional Education Office at Ballarat showed that there was indeed an observable shift in enrolments. The study was primarily concerned to see if those parents who enrolled their children at the secondary level for the first time at an independent school in 1980 had in fact considered sending their children to a state secondary school. It was thought necessary to broaden the scope of the study to understand the reasons why parents opted to send their children to the 'independent schools. First, a study of the parents' attitudes towards education at the secondary level is undertaken. Second, the personal and family background of the parents from the various schools is revealed so that differences between the parent bodies can be ascertained, Finally, the study attempted to reveal reasons why the parents chose to send their children to independent schools, and whether those reasons are in harmony with the aims of the schools as set out in their various prospectuses. The picture based on empirical evidence of the independent schools of Ballarat as perceived by the schools themselves, and by the parents who chose to send their children to these schools, is then used as background to search for qualitative evidence for the drift which has occurred.