Overcoming Distance: Isolated Rural Women's Access to TAFE across Australia.

The recommendations made regarding technical and fLrther education (TAFE) courses and isolated rural Australian women were based on information from a network of people involved in or interested in educating isolated rural women (187 responses); Isolated rural women themselves (12 group interviews); and a literature search. The recommendations covered these areas7 (1) rural women's access to TAFE courses; (2) the educational needs of isolated rural women; (3) ways in which rural women's access to TAFE can be facilitated; (4) the educational needs of special groups of rural women; and (5) rural Aboriginal women and TAFE. Among the recommendations were the following: (1) provide care for students' children; (2) allow rural women extra time to apply for programs; (3) use self-paced learning and offer a wide choice of electives; (4) offer training in a wide variety of traditional and nontraditional areas; (5) foster contact among isolated women; (6) take the courses to students; (7) provide written information to staff about the backgrounds of and issues important to srccial groups of rural women; and (8) encourage Aboriginal women to lecture in every stage of courses run for Aboriginal women. (Study methodology and group interview guide are provided in attachments.) (CML) **************X******************************************************** Reproductic is supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * from the original document. * **************************************************1******************** IVIN. . ..AWINn. W NIIRMIWW.WR, *M.O. V.,Ar N... ..:W>. MXWOM.M. ,W.MHONIMOMKW MMOMOmMwm..4.1.16, *OM .WW ..SOF 0 0 .1. if. ri . .M00,1CM IMMVJ. '401V. c4N.M.ftVI/C.NeMNYNM It *my... ..M, .0.6. .R.t, AAMW .04., ,w29 .q/,. ,,o, t5. af, Mx, ...,m".0........ ,t.., 41.1.A ANS... WM.,N 0:70103, .696.