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Karalundi Aboriginal Education Community (Inc.) is a K-12 co-educational boarding school for Aboriginal students situated 55 km north of Meekatharra, Western Australia, on the Great Northern Highway. It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system.〔http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2010/1115/For-real-education-reform-take-a-cue-from-the-Adventists"the second largest Christian school system in the world has been steadily outperforming the national average – across all demographics."〕〔http://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/denominations/seventh_day_adventist.htm〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://education.gc.adventist.org/about.html )〕 == History == Karalundi was established in 1954 as an Aboriginal boarding school run by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Western Australia. It was begun after its founder Pastor Dudley Vaughan was challenged to begin such a work by Avy Curley OAM.〔(An Extraordinary Woman ). ''Signs of the Times''. Retrieved 8 June 2011〕 The property was 55 kilometres north of Meekatharra. The school served the Murchison, Upper Gascoyne, Pilbara and Western Desert regions. Classes began in September 1954, with a focus on literacy, numeracy and practical skills.〔 During its early years of operation, Karalundi was rated by the Western Australian Department of Education as a "most efficient establishment" and commended for the "relatively high standard of attainment" by students. Karalundi was closed in September 1974 in a government move to phase out church involvement in indigenous affairs. The property was sold into private hands and operated as a farm-stay enterprise for 12 years.〔 In the early 1980s, many past students came to recognise that under the state system, their children's education was inferior to their own. These parents lobbied the state government for Karalundi to reopen as an independent parent-controlled Christian Aboriginal boarding school, where children would be educated away from the problems associated with alcohol abuse and gain an education focusing on practical life skills, as well as literacy and numeracy. The advocacy group was supported by the Seventh-day Adventist Church and, in August 1986, Karalundi was reopened as such.〔 The school has been the location of published studies of a peer support program〔Gray, Dennis & Walker, Jill & Sputore, Brooke & National Centre for Research into the Prevention of Drug Abuse (Australia) & Curtin University of Technology et al. (1997), Karalundi peer support and skills training program evaluation, Curtin University of Technology, Bentley, W.A〕 and a health promotion program in 1998.〔(Evaluation of an Aboriginal health promotion program: a case study from Karalundi, (April 1998), ''Health Promotion Journal of Australia: Official Journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals'', v.8, no.1, p.24-8 (ISSN: 1036-1073) )〕 Karalundi has recently extended its secondary program to include Years 11 and 12 and is recognised as one of the leading schools in Aboriginal education in Western Australia.〔〔Duckham, I.G., (2006), "We've got a Whole New Life Ahead of Us Now": The first twenty years of Karalundi Aboriginal Education Centre 1986–2006 Karalundi Aboriginal Education Centre, Meekatharra, Western Australia ISBN 0-9803140-0-3〕〔Stephen Piez, (2006), ''What are You Doing for Us?: The Untold Story of Karalundi 1954-2004'', Karalundi Aboriginal Education Centre ISBN 978-0-646-46846-4〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Karalundi Aboriginal Education Community」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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