| Briefing paper no.11 |
| Title: | Year 12 subjects and further study |
| Authors: | John Ainley, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) |
| Publication date: | 1 September 2005 |
The briefing looks at: recent distribution of Year 12 subject enrolments; changes in Year 12 subject uptake; influences on subject participation; and Year 12 studies and post-school education. Highlights include: since the 1990s, participation in business and secretarial studies, creative arts and computer studies have grown while humanities, biology, physics, chemistry, economics and accounting have declined; the combination of subjects studied in Year 12 influences entry to university and vocational education and training. Briefing paper no.11 This report, published by the Australian Council for Educational Reasearch (ACER), is part of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) research program. |
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