Excluded from school : systemic practice for mental health and education professionals / Sue Rendall & Morag Stuart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rendall, Sue.

Contributor:

Stuart, Morag.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Student expulsion--England--London Metropolitan Area--Case studies.

Student expulsion.

Educational psychology--Case studies.

Educational psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Excluded From School exposes the reasons why, despite many national and local initiatives, large numbers of children continue to tax the education system to such a degree that they become permanently excluded from school.Sue Rendall and Morag Stuart draw on their experience in psychology and education to demonstrate the need for a more thorough exploration of the underlying root causes of the problem. Based on a systemic framework, their approach allows the inclusion of a vast range of possible contributory factors: within the child, within the family, within the school, and

Contents:

Excluded from School Systemic Practice for Mental Health and Education Professionals; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Chapter 1 The wider social and political context; Chapter 2 Ways of understanding complexity: Systems and narrative theory; Chapter 3 Understanding the children: Ability, attainment, self-esteem and locus of control; Chapter 4 Understanding the families: Risk and resilience; Chapter 5 Understanding the schools: Co-operative or coercive ethos?; Chapter 6 Four case studies of excluded pupils; Chapter 7 The child, the family and the school: Putting it all together

ReferencesIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-135-84355-4

0-203-71847-X

1-283-88441-0

1-135-84348-1

9780203718476

OCLC:

823389223