Re-engaging Young People in Education

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.

Education & Teaching

Mills, Martin

McGregor, Glenda

Schools & Teaching

Routledge

<p>This book provokes a conversation about what supportive schooling contexts for both students and teachers might look like, and considers how schooling can contribute to a more socially-just society. It takes as its starting point the position of the most marginalised students, many of whom have either been rejected by or have rejected mainstream schooling, and argues that the experiences of these students suggest that it is time for schools to be reimagined for all young people. Utilizing both theory and data, the volume critiques many of the issues in conventional schools that work against education, and presents evidence ‘from the field’ in the form of data from unconventional schooling sites, which demonstrates some of the structural, relational, curricular and pedagogical changes that appear to be enabling schooling for education for their students. It will be essential reading for students and researchers in the fields of education, sociology and social work, and will also be of great interest to practising teachers.</p>

Re-imagining Schooling for Education: Socially Just Alternatives (Palgrave Studies in Alternative Education)

Politics & Social Sciences

Hayes, Debra

Te Riele, Kitty

Baroutsis, Aspa

Sociology

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

Young Adolescent Engagement in Learning: Supporting Students through Structure and Community

Allen, Jeanne

Pendergast, Donna

Ronksley-Pavia, Michelle

Social Sciences

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