1st Edition
Effective Schools for Disaffected Students Integration and Segregation
By Paul Cooper
Copyright 1993
278 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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Disaffected pupils respond well in circumstances where they feel secure, where they have a sense of being valued and respected, and where they perceive there to be opportunities for them to succeed. Effective Schools for Disaffected Students offers insights into how these outcomes might be achieved in both mainstream and segregated settings. The investigation is based on the views of pupils who... Read more
Chapter One: Introduction Part One: Background Issues Introduction 2. Institutions and Disaffection 3. Individuality, Education and Approaches to Disruption Part Two: The Experience of Disaffection Introduction 4. Pupils Tell their Stories 5. The Residential Experience I. School Life 6. The Residential Experience II. Interpersonal Relations and Personal Outcomes Part Three: School Effectiveness, Disaffection and Mainstream Schools Introduction 7. School Effectiveness 8. Tackling Disaffection in the Mainstream Schools: One School's Experience 9. Conclusion: Schools for Individuals
Biography
Paul Cooper
`This is an excellent, well written and easily read book....should prove invaluable for teachers and managers.' - NASUWT Advisory Committee for Special Needs (Wales)
`should be read by all those interested in improving school effectiveness andin helping all children, no matter what their backgrounds or abilities, to reach their full potential... I enjoyed it enormously.' - British Journal of Educational Psychology
`The book shows what is involved in ensuring true entitlement to the "broad and balanced curriculum".' - Times Educational Supplement
Runner up in the 1993 TES/NASEN Book Awards
