While many remote places in Queensland, Australia have access to schools, very few have provision for preschool education. Recent efforts to change this have included the development of a kindergarten program delivered through the local school. An impact assessment undertaken in 2017 involved visiting 30 remote sites offering the program. Analysis of interview data indicated the importance of sense of place in the delivery of this program. Educators and family members were overwhelmingly supportive of the option of a kindergarten program in their sites, regarding it as an equity and social justice imperative to provide access to programs that seem to be taken-for-granted for children and families in urban and regional locations. The potential for the program to enhance social interactions and educational outcomes was highlighted, even when educators noted a range of challenges in the implementation of the program. Sense of place and the positioning of educators and families are explored in the paper.

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昆士兰州偏远地区的家庭和教育工作者：提供偏远幼儿园课程的地方感

虽然澳大利亚昆士兰州的许多偏远地区都可以上学，但很少有人提供学前教育。最近为改变这种状况所做的努力包括开发通过当地学校提供的幼儿园课程。2017 年进行的影响评估涉及访问提供该计划的 30 个远程站点。对访谈数据的分析表明，地方感在该计划的实施中的重要性。教育工作者和家庭成员压倒性地支持在他们的地点选择幼儿园计划，认为这是公平和社会正义的当务之急，为城市和区域地区的儿童和家庭提供似乎理所当然的计划. 强调了该计划加强社会互动和教育成果的潜力，即使教育工作者注意到在该计划的实施过程中遇到了一系列挑战。本文探讨了地方感以及教育者和家庭的定位。