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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455523303321

Autore

Reid Ken.

Titolo

Truancy and schools / / Ken Reid

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999

ISBN

1-134-62808-0

1-280-32876-2

0-203-07214-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (351 p.)

Disciplina

371.2/95/0941

Soggetti

School attendance - Great Britain

Education and state - 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 (p. [334]-335) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of boxes; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Foreword; The consequences of truancy; Types of truants and incidence; Types of truancy; Causes of truancy: social perspectives; Causes of truancy: psychological indices; Educational causes of truancy; Government initiatives; School-based initiatives; Whole-school approaches to reducing truancy; Improving school attendance: school-based review; Teachers, teaching and truancy; An internal and an external solution: records of achievement and work placement schemes; OFSTED: guidelines on attendance and behaviour

Parents and truancyEducation welfare service; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

At present about one million pupils truant from their schools on a daily basis and this book examines why they do it. The numerous reasons for truanting discussed are: * disadvantageous home backgrounds * problems with settling in socially at school  * poor performance in school * experiencing bullying in school * not coping with the transition from primary to secondary schooling. This book focuses on the social, psychological and educational causes of truancy. It examines recent research and gives many examples of good practice while also detailing the latest solutions