1st Edition

Tales Out of School Consumers' Views of British Education

By Roger White, David Brockington Copyright 1983
176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1983, reissued here with a new preface, Tales Out of School presents the experience of seventy young people from different parts of the country, most of whom left school at sixteen and are now either in work, unemployed or in the twilight world of the Youth Opportunities Programme. Through a series of interviews they reflect upon their eleven years of compulsory... Read more

New Preface for the Reissue.  Acknowledgments.  Abbreviations.  Part One: Young People’s Comments  Introduction.  1. Primary School and Transition to Secondary  2. Secondary School  3. Curriculum Issues  4. Teachers  5. Schooled to Work  6. The Search for Work  7. The Government Training Schemes  Part Two: Adult Responses  Introduction.  Responses to Chapter 1 Neville Bennett, Professor of Educational Research at Lancaster University.  Responses to Chapter 2 David Hargreaves, Reader in Education at Oxford University.  Responses to Chapter 3 John Mann, Secretary of the Schools Council.  Responses to Chapter 4 John Eggleston, Professor of Education at Keele University.  Responses to Chapter 5 Andrew Bird, Senior Careers Officer.  Responses to Chapter 6 Frank Field, MP for Birkenhead.  Responses to Chapter 7 Colin Ball, Co-director of the Centre for Employment Initiatives.  Some Conclusions.  Appendixes.

Biography

Roger White with David Brockington

Review for the original edition:

Tales Out of School will, I hope be read by those forming or influencing policy affecting young people; the opinions expressed within it are worth more than a moment’s consideration.’ – British Educational Research Journal