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Re-engaging Young People in Education - Learning from alternative schools (Hardcover, New)
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Re-engaging Young People in Education - Learning from alternative schools (Hardcover, New)
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Many young people failed by the school system are those who face a
range of social and economic challenges due to multiple forms of
injustice. This book provides an insight into the educational
practices that work to re-engage young people who have become
disenchanted with traditional schooling. It examines the lives of
students and workers who participate in education sites on the
fringes of mainstream education, and includes a rich tapestry of
personal experiences from those who have been failed by their
schooling experiences. The book draws upon research of
international relevance conducted in a range of 'Flexible Learning
Centres' and 'democratic schools' in Australia and the UK; it
suggests that improving the retention levels of young people in
formal education will require schooling practices to change.
Students who have become disengaged from mainstream schooling do
re-engage in the learning process of many alternative schools,
indicating that teaching practices and forms of organisation which
work in alternative sites can also provide lessons for mainstream
schooling, thereby encouraging a more socially just education
system. Included in the book: contexts of contemporary schooling
who chooses flexible learning centres and why democratic schools:
students and teachers working together teaching in 'the margins'
case studies: 'oppositional alternatives'. All young people have
the capacity to learn and to enjoy learning; they do not 'fail
school', rather, schools fail them. The teachers, workers and
students who have shared their stories provide significant insights
into how we might change this situation, and the book will be
invaluable reading for postgraduates and researchers in the fields
of education, the sociology of education, school reform and social
work.
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