03006oam 2200637I 450 991077994320332120230422042422.01-134-62807-21-134-62808-01-280-32876-20-203-07214-610.4324/9780203072141 (CKB)111056485538978(EBL)169020(OCoLC)264511078(SSID)ssj0000262564(PQKBManifestationID)11191801(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000262564(PQKBWorkID)10271109(PQKB)11639654ebr10017316(MiAaPQ)EBC169020(Au-PeEL)EBL169020(CaPaEBR)ebr10070636(CaONFJC)MIL32876(OCoLC)51389649(EXLCZ)9911105648553897820180331d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTruancy and schools /Ken ReidLondon ;New York :Routledge,1999.1 online resource (351 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-138-42149-9 0-415-20509-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [334]-335) and index.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 behaviourParents and truancyEducation welfare service; Epilogue; Bibliography; IndexAt 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 solutionsSchool attendanceGreat BritainEducation and stateGreat BritainSchool attendanceEducation and state371.2/95/0941Reid Ken.863093MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779943203321Truancy and schools3803757UNINA