| Effective Schools for Disaffected Students: Integration and Segregation Contributor(s): Cooper, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 041506483X ISBN-13: 9780415064835 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $199.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1993 Annotation: 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. Paul Cooper grounds his investigation in the views expressed by a group of pupils who have been excluded from mainstream schools and placed in residential schools for students with emotional and behavioral difficulties. The perceptions these pupils have of their current and former experience of schooling, as well as their views on the nature and causes of their difficultes are related to research that has been done in the area of school effectiveness. The author then offers some guidelines on ways in which teachers and managers can work towards reducing disaffection in schools. The book's practical research base emphasizes the need to find solutions to educational problems within the real life contexts in which they occur. This text will be of interest to all those who are concerned with the everday realities of schooling, such as teachers, teacher managers, educational psychologists, as well as researchers and academics. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Special Education - Behavioral, Emotional & Social Disabilities |
| Dewey: 371.93 |
| LCCN: 92015266 |
| Lexile Measure: 1310 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.11 lbs) 278 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 have been excluded from mainstream schools for pupils with emotional and behavioural difficulties. The author relates the pupils' experiences of the different types of school to research in the area of school effectiveness. He offers some practical guidelines on ways in which teachers and managers can work towards reducing disaffection in schools within the real life contexts in which they occur. The book will appeal to anybody whose concerns are with the everday realities of schooling. |