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Girls and exclusion : rethinking the agenda / Audrey Osler and Kerry Vincent.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Osler, Audrey.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Student suspension--Great Britain.
- Student suspension.
- Student expulsion--Great Britain.
- Student expulsion.
- Women--Education--Great Britain.
- Women.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (220 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : RoutledgeFalmer, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The widespread view that girls are 'not a problem' is a myth. By drawing on girls' own accounts of school life and their perceptions of exclusion, this books offers startling new perspectives on the issue of disaffection amongst girls.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Acronyms and abbreviations; Introduction: rethinking exclusion and inclusion; The policy context; Girls: not a problem?; Re-defining inclusion and exclusion; Girls in and out of school; Sanctions and support; Success and survival; Experiences of exclusion and inclusion; Barriers to achievement; Including girls; Lessons for schools and policy-makers; Notes; References; Index;
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [180]-190) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-41282-7
- 1-134-41283-5
- 0-203-47508-9
- 1-280-02283-3
- 0-203-46520-2
- 9780203465202
- OCLC:
- 475893631
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