Abstract
Since 1989 a specialised education program has been provided by the Brisbane School of Distance Education for children whose parents follow the show circuit of coastal Queensland. Between 1992 and 1994 researchers at Central Queensland University investigated several elements of the program’s implementation. This paper reports on one aspect of that research: the show children’s perceptions of their schooling, as revealed through their views of the program. The particularities of the show children’s educational experiences, and their frankness and vividness in describing those experiences, support the case for incorporating many more student perceptions into the education literature.