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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827442203321

Autore

Riley Kathryn A

Titolo

Working with disaffected students : why students lose interest in school and what we can do about it / / Kathryn A. Riley and Elle Rustique-Forrester, with Mary Fuller ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, CA, : Paul Chapman, 2002

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, CA : , : Paul Chapman, , 2002

ISBN

0-7619-4077-4

1-4462-4054-1

1-282-26293-9

9786612262937

1-84920-661-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 114 p.) : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

Rustique-ForresterElle

Disciplina

371.93

Soggetti

Problem children - Education - Great Britain

Alienation (Social psychology) - Great Britain

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. [105]-109) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; The authors; Preface and acknowledgements; Foreword; Part I: Introduction; 1 - School lives: fact and fiction; Part 2 - Setting the Scene; 2 - A problem shared?; 3 - Putting the study in place; Part 3: Telling Tales out of School; 4 - Children's voices; 5 - Parents' voices; 6 - Teachers and headteachers in the firing line; Part IV: Policy and Practice in Social Inclusion; 7 - Different voices but similar tales; 8 - Policy into practice; 9 - Making changes happen; 10 - No more villains; Chapter notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This text tackles some of the issues which confront policy-makers and practitioners in many countries and contexts. It discusses why so many students - and their teachers - are unhappy with their lot.