一、背景塔斯马尼亚(Tasmania)是澳大利亚联邦的一个岛州。在澳大利亚大陆,于1994年颁布的《教育法》规定塔斯马尼亚州15岁以下人士均能享受免费的义务教育。然而,10年后,整个澳大利亚联邦内,塔斯马尼亚州的成人识字率是最低的,年轻学生的学校保留率(school retention rates)也最低。因为许多儿童都没有接受过幼儿教育(Early Childhood Education,ECE),所以他们在开始接受小学教育时读写能力十分有限。为了应对这些挑战,2004年,塔斯马尼亚教育局通过成人与社区教育部门和州立图书馆 First, the background Tasmania (Tasmania) is an island state of the Commonwealth of Australia. In mainland Australia, the Education Act, promulgated in 1994, provides Tasmania under 15 years of age free compulsory education. However, within 10 years, Tasmania had the lowest adult literacy rates across the Australian Federation, with young students having the lowest school retention rates. Because many children do not have Early Childhood Education (ECE), they have limited literacy skills at the start of their primary education. In response to these challenges, the Tasmanian Department of Education passed the Adult and Community Education Sector and the State Library in 2004