AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION

VOLUME. 43, NUMBER. 1, APRIL 1999

Editorial 3

Articles

Aboriginal education in rural Australia: A case study in frustration and hope
Anne-Katrin E-ckermann 5


Transitions and the Year 7 experience: A report from the 12 to 18 Project
Lyn Votes 24


Youth employment, unemployment and school participation
Phillip E. T. Lewis and Paul Koshy 42


Implications for mathematics education policy of research on algebra learning
Kaye Stacey and Mottle MacCregor 58


The relationship between study skills and learning outcomes: A meta-analysis
Nola Purdie and John Hattie 72

Critical Dialogue

Inequity in equity: The paradox of gifted education in Australia
Miraca U. M. Gross 87

Response to Miraca Gross
Robin Small 103


Rejoinder to Robin Small
Miraca Gross 108