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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825989703321

Titolo

Improving school attendance / / edited by Eric Blyth and Judith Milner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999

ISBN

1-905538-39-1

1-134-68316-2

1-134-68317-0

1-280-33400-2

0-203-01334-4

0-203-15889-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (v, 186 p. ) : ill

Collana

Making the most of SIMS .net

Altri autori (Persone)

BlythEric

MilnerJudith <1941->

Disciplina

371.2/94/0941

Soggetti

School attendance - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-193) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Theoretical debates and legislative framework / Judith Milner and Eric Blyth -- 2. Combating truancy : the Scottish approach / Brian Boyd -- 3. School attendance and the role of law in England and Wales / Jon Blacktop and Eric Blyth -- 4. The relationship between delinquency and non-attendance at school / Cedric Cullingford -- 5. The effective collection and analysis of attendance data / Ian Stokes and Jo Walton -- 6. The essential elements of an effective attendance policy / Kay Bardsley, Peter Costa and Jo Walton -- 7. Strategies for improving school attendance / Douglas Macildowie -- 8. Proactive primary approaches to non-attendance / Beverley Lewis -- 9. Raising expectations at Don Valley High School / Bob Johnson -- 10. Doing better : improving the educational experiences of looked-after children and young people / Eric Blyth, Dorothy Jessop and Judith Milner -- 11. Student support groups / Mike Haworth and Kay Bardsley.

Sommario/riassunto

Although pupil disaffection has been a major concern to professionals, policy makers and researchers for quite some time, recent professional books in the area tend to focus on behaviour and exclusion from schools. Despite considerable government funding in both LEA's and



schools- to promote new measures to improve school attendance, non-attendance at school is a relatively neglected topic as far as serious researched-based literature is concerned. This book will be the first in several years concerned with non-attendance. Previously unpublished research material in the book will provide a multi-disciplinary evaluation of practice at LEA, whole school and individual levels.