Tackling Truancy in Schools : A Practical Manual for Primary and Secondary Schools

ISBN-13: 9780415205085 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 364 str.

Ken Reid;Reid Ken

Opis

Since the late 1980s, few issues have attracted as much attention or public interest as truancy. Evidence is mounting that most failing schools are placed in this category because of significant problems relating to behaviour and attendance rather than for other educational reasons. This book is an up-to-date comprehensive pack on the subject of truancy. It synthesizes and brings together in a practical way recent knowledge and ideas on truants and truancy. The text should be useful for both primary and secondary school-teachers - since recent research shows that 25 per cent of all truants begin their histories of truanting whilst at primary school. It should also be of interest to education social workers and education welfare officers, educational psychologists, social workers, child care agencies, sociology and psychology students.

Spis treści

Aims of the Handbook Acknowledgements Unit 1 The Outcomes of Truancy Unit2 Types of Truancy Unit 3 Categories of Truants Unit4 Incidence, School and Regional Differences Unit 5 Recent Themes on Truancy and Absenteeism Unit 6 Parents and Schools Unit 7 The Social Causes of Truancy Unit 8 One-parent Families, Pupils and Schools Unit 9 The Educational Causes of Truancy Unit 10 Improving School Attendance: The Use of School-based Review Unit 11 The Use of Surveys: Designing a Questionnaire on Attendance Unit 12 School Policy Documents on Attendance Unit 13 Practical Ideas for Schools Unit 14 Teachers, Teaching and Truancy Unit 15 A Five-year Project to Improve Attendance Unit 16 A School Improvement Project on Attendance Unit 17 OFSTED and Improving School Attendance Unit 18 OFSTED: Guidelines on Attendance and Behaviour Unit 19 New Initiatives on Truancy and Attendance Unit 20 Truancy and Exclusion Unit 21 Attendance and the Use of Records of Achievement Unit 22 The Use of Work Placement Schemes Unit 23 The Role of the Education Welfare Service Unit 24 An Annual Report on Attendance in a Local Education Authority Bibliography Further Reading Index

O autorze

Ken Reid