Student Action Teams Phase 2: Implementation and Outcomes

Between 1999 and 2002, the Australian Youth Research Centre carried out an evaluation of the Student Action Teams program of the Victorian Department of Education and Training. In the Phase 2 evaluation, the Centre examined program outcomes in terms of student perceptions of connectedness to school, to teachers, and to other students, and linked these with student perceptions of program features. This paper reports on implications of this research for th design of curriculum approaches. It outlines the Student Action Team program, reports on the nature of the evaluation, the analysis of student and teacher responses and implications and recommendations for further program development.