1st Edition

Special Kids for Special Treatment? Or how special do you need to be to find yourself in a special school?

By Helen Phtiaka Copyright 1997
258 Pages
by Routledge

258 Pages
by Routledge

258 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1997. This book compares and contrasts the experiences of deviant pupils in a mainstream school with that of those in a special unit for pupils with behavioural problems. The author’s aims are to (i) evaluate the differences between the behaviour of deviant boys and girls within the mainstream education system with those without; and (ii) justify the criteria for transferring... Read more

List of Tables;  Acknowledgements;  Warning;  Preface;  Foreword;  Part One: The Literature;  1. Looking Back;  Part Two: Burleigh High;  2. How Did I Do It? I: Methodology Used in Burleigh High  3. Showing Off: Group A – The Fun-seekers of Burleigh High  4. Problems, Problems … Group B – The Troubled Ones of Burleigh High;  Part Three: Emery Centre;  5. How Did I Do It? II: Methodology Used at the Emery Centre  6. In Exile;  Part Four: Comparisons and Conclusions;  7. What Then?;  Appendices;  Bibliography;  Index

Biography

Helen Phtiaka is Associate Professor Department of Education, University of Cyprus.