310 Pages
by
Routledge
310 Pages
by
Routledge
310 Pages
by
Routledge
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Sarah Swann provides a fresh approach to examining the long-standing debates over disaffection, and in particular social class differences in educational achievement, through a mixed methods methodology and the showcasing of new research. By observing pupils as they engage with peers and teachers in school, Swann allows disaffection to be seen and heard in ’real’ events which constructs... Read more
Chapter 1: Knots and Tangles in Secondary Schools; Chapter 2: A History of Pupil Disaffection; Chapter 3: Structure of the Education System in England; Chapter 4: ‘Muddy Boots' and ‘Grubby Hands'; Chapter 5: Disaffected Spaces and Geographies of Segregation; Chapter 6: Male Disaffection: ‘Bad Boys', ‘Hard' Images and the Culture of Laddism; Chapter 7: The Everyday Meaning and Experience of Disaffection; Chapter 8: ‘Are yer daft?' or ‘sick int ‘ead?'; Chapter 9: Conclusion
Biography
Sarah Swann
’A powerful, wonderfully readable assessment of disaffection and schooling which offers a unique perspective on contemporary education in the UK and the issues that must be confronted by government and teachers. Sarah Swann draws deeply on her life as a teacher and combines this with an incisive assessment of how schooling works and how it fails. An essential text for policy-makers and students alike in making sense of education today.’ Ian Law, University of Leeds, UK
