Out of School, Out of Sight

ISBN-13: 9783843390019 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 108 str.

Daniel Briggs (University of East London UK)

Opis

UK urban state schools have recently experienced increased pressure to improve their performance levels. This has been manifested through various campaigns to change the public perception of these schools while making improvements to the physical school environment. However, punitive policies on problematic pupils also appear to be increasingly used to sustain this image. Consequently, many are unofficially excluded and referred to off-site educational provision (OSEP) where they receive reduced timetables and unchallenging courses, and this reduces their chances of gaining a solid education. Based on ethnographic fieldwork with 20 excluded young people in one south London borough in the UK, this book will discuss these issues in greater detail. The book shows how exclusionary processes, to which some urban young people are exposed, have implications for their identity, self worth and lifestyles, and makes them increasingly vulnerable to crime and victimisation. Moreover, their life options become truncated despite efforts they may make otherwise.

O autorze

Dr Daniel Briggs works with a range of social groups from the most vulnerable to the most dangerous. His work takes him inside prisons, crack houses, mental health institutions, asylum seeker institutions, hostels, and homeless services. His research interests include social exclusion, culture and deviance, and late modern identities.