Making schools different : alternative approaches to educating young people / edited by Kitty te Riele.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Te Riele, Kitty.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alternative education.

Educational change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 162 p.)

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles ; London : SAGE, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With contributions from leading academics from Canada, America the UK, the Netherlands and Australia, this internationally-minded book helps the reader to reflect on the ways young people are taught, and presents possible alternative approaches.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Foreword; About the authors; 1 - Educational innovation for young people; 2 - Alternative schooling in the USA; 3 - The need for dialogue invocational education; 4 - New adulthood, youth and identity; 5 - Learning identities for living; 6 - Doing identity differently in practice; 7 - Embedding the ethic of care in school policies and practices; 8 - Pedagogy of hope; 9 - Engaging disaffected young people; 10 - Doing pedagogy differently in practice; 11 - Learning spaces in educational partnerships; 12 - E-learning technologies and remote students; 13 - Part-time schooling

14 - Doing place and time differently in practice15 - Learning from indigenous education; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p.144-155) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781473903036

1473903033

9781847875297

1847875297

9781283879378

1283879379

9781849204453

1849204454

OCLC:

565786193