Connect ...

... was a small practice journal supporting student participation. It was published bi-monthly from 1979-2020, then in 2021 was published quarterly, before ceasing publication with issue 250 in November 2021.

Connect celebrated its 40th birthday at the end of 2019.

Connect ceased publication with issue 250 in November 2021.

From issue 1 (November 1979) to issue 200 (April 2013), Connect was a print publication, available by paid subscription. Since then, it was published and available on-line as a FREE DOWNLOAD!

For more information about Connect, including indices of the contents of back issues, click here or on the above heading. The contents pages contain download links to each issue.

Connect was a totally independent publication, supported only by donations and sales of its publications.

What is Connect? Who should read it?

Connect was a publication for teachers, students, parents, administrators, researchers, consultants - anyone interested in active student participation.

It was a networking practice journal; it encouraged people to write stories about their participatory practices in primary and secondary schools - to share with interested schools and individuals throughout Australia (and the world).