What Motivates Human Behaviour?

Authors

  • Malcolm Pumpa Thursday Island High school

Abstract

The broad outcomes of 25 years of state education for A.T.S.I. people are not encouraging. Whilst it would be premature to say that the system has failed these people, it is obvious that the outcome has not met the expectations of many educators and many A.T.S.I. people.

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Published

1992-05-01

How to Cite

Pumpa, M. (1992). What Motivates Human Behaviour?. The Aboriginal Child at School, 20(2), 38–51. Retrieved from https://ajie.atsis.uq.edu.au/acs/article/view/846

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