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Getting the buggers to turn up /
This invaluable guide for principals and classroom teachers containspractical guidance on tackling truancy in schools. Brimming with adviceon dealing with bullying, raising pupilsGÇÖ self-esteem as well as helpingthem cope with the trauma of transferring schools, Ian McCormackwrites accessibly and...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Continuum,
©2005.
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| Colección: | Getting the Buggers.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Why Address the Problem?
- Why are we trying to alter behaviour?
- What are the economic facts?
- Education, truancy, crime and health
- The problem of persuading others
- Why are truants deserving of help and resources?
- The educational perspective
- Conclusion
- 2 Truancy: Legal Implications
- The legal definition
- How is truancy recorded?
- Sanctions
- Parenting courses
- Legal proceedings
- What are the current statistics?
- 3 Different Types of Truancy
- Condoned truancy (by parents)Condoned truancy (by teachers)
- Culturally motivated truancy
- Economic truancy
- The school phobic
- Post-registration truancy
- Fear of failure
- Insecurity/personal safety
- Rejection of values
- 4 Where Does Truancy Start?
- Early socialization
- Stereotypical background of the truant
- Early school experiences
- Learned behaviour
- Intervention and support
- School refusal/school phobia
- Conclusion
- 5 What Happens to Truants
- Failure at school does not prevent aspiration
- The views and backgrounds of young offendersConclusion
- 6 What Can We Do?
- Improving attendance
- British Government advice
- Examples of good practice
- Close to Home project, Milton Keynes
- A Bit of a Laugh, Bromsgrove Community Awareness Project
- The Warrington Wolves Attendance Project
- Alsop High School Technology College, Liverpool
- Conclusion
- 7 School-based Factors
- Setting out strategies
- The school day
- Focusing initiatives
- Managing transfer
- A sense of security
- Systematized approaches
- School councils
- BehaviourTraveller children, EAL children and asylum seeker children
- Conclusion
- 8 Alternative Approaches and Support Systems
- Disaffection, a common and positive trait
- Other methods of supporting pupils
- Classroom management, missed opportunities
- 9 Supporting Good Attendance through Alternative Approaches
- Case study: South Bromsgrove Community High School
- Deciding to truant
- Dads and Lads Programmes
- Alternative courses
- Conclusion
- 10 What the Buggers Said
- Appendix A: Pupil Absence in Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools in England in 2002/2003: Revised StatisticsAppendix B: HMYOI Thorn Cross: Research Questionnaire
- Appendix C: Support Agencies and Resources Offering Help to Additional Language and Asylum Seeker Families
- Appendix D: Connexions Guidelines
- Index
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