03025oam 2200649I 450 991097410480332120251116143301.01-134-62807-21-134-62808-01-280-32876-20-203-07214-610.4324/9780203072141 (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 Reid1st ed.London ;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 Ken863093MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910974104803321Truancy and schools4494374UNINA