Exclusion from school : inter-professional issues for policy and practice / edited by Eric Blyth and Judith Milner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Blyth, Eric.

Milner, Judith, 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Student suspension--Great Britain.

Student suspension.

School discipline--Great Britain.

School discipline.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The number of children excluded from school has risen sharply over the last few years. This book looks at exclusion. It also gives practical guidance on prevention strategies and examines how working together can help avoid exclusion.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures and tables; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Exclusions: trends and issues; Stories of exclusion: natural and unnatural selection; The signal of failure: school exclusions and the market system of education; Government policy and disadvantaged children; Black boys excluded from school: race or masculinity issues?; No home, no school, no future: exclusions and children who are 'looked after'; Professionals, children and power; The cost of primary school exclusions; The effects of waiting time on excluded children

Who excludes whom? The personal experience of exclusionTales from the exclusion zone: the views of teachers and pupils; Damaged goods? An interpretation of excluded pupils' perceptions of schooling; The Staff Sharing Scheme: a school-based management system for working with challenging child behaviour; Resisting the trend to exclude; Primary school exclusions: the need for integrated solutions; Exclusion from school: the role of outsid

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [270]-288) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-78718-9

1-134-78719-7

1-282-77847-1

9786612778476

0-203-43569-9

9780203435694

OCLC:

171117354