- Title
- The journey begins
- Creator
- Dyson, Michael; Plunkett, Margaret
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- Text; Book chapter
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/165216
- Identifier
- vital:13213
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5732-8_1
- Identifier
- ISBN:978-981-10-5731-1
- Abstract
- This chapter introduces the reader to the journey underpinning the creation of the School for Student Leadership (SSL), which was known initially as the Alpine School. This unique educational establishment is unlike any other in Australia, or perhaps the world, and has offered a distinctive and highly valuable experience to more than 5000 Victorian secondary school students since its inception in 2000. Mark Reeves was appointed the inaugural principal of what was then known as the Alpine school, and remains principal of the three campuses that form the school today. The initial campus was established within the pristine environment of Dinner Plain in the high country of Victoria, Australia. It has since expanded into the Snowy River area in Marlo East Gippsland, and Glen Ormiston in West Victoria. What has added to the distinctiveness of the SSL is involvement in ongoing research in partnership with university educationalists/researchers, thereby ensuring its programs and operations are continually responsive to the findings and recommendations of that research. In this opening chapter, a brief background is provided, followed by an overview of the content of the book, to guide the reader in the research journey that has underpinned the development of this unique school.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Relation
- Surviving, thriving and reviving in adolescence : Research and narratives from the school for student leadership Chapter 1 p. 1-6
- Rights
- Copyright © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Alternate educational setting; Adolescent relationships; Contemporary rite of passage; Personal growth; Student leadership; Social emotional development; Residential education; School for student leadership; Middle years education; Alternative education; Education in Australia
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