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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451008203321

Autore

Cooper Paul <1955, >

Titolo

Effective schools for disaffected students : integration and segregation / / Paul Cooper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1993

ISBN

1-134-92172-1

1-134-92173-X

1-282-77756-4

9786612777561

0-203-03244-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Disciplina

371.93

Soggetti

Alienation (Social psychology) - Great Britain

Problem children - Education - United States

Mainstreaming in education - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [256]-262) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; Introduction; Institutions and disaffection; Individuality, education and approaches to disruption; Introduction; Pupils tell their stories; The residential experience I: School life; The residential experience II: Interpersonal relationships and personal outcomes; Introduction; School effectiveness; Tackling disaffection in the mainstream school: One school's experience; Conclusion: Schools for individuals; Appendix: A note on the research method; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Disaffected pupils respond well in circumstances where they feel secure, where they have a sense of being valued and respected, and where they perceive there to be opportunities for them to succeed. Effective Schools for Disaffected Students offers insights into how these outcomes might be achieved in both mainstream and segregated settings. The investigation is based on the views of pupils who have been excluded from mainstream schools for pupils with emotional and behavioural difficulties. The author relates the pupils' experiences of



the different types of school to research in