Schooling The Rustbelt Kids
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Schooling The Rustbelt Kids
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Author : Pat Thomson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-08-04
Schooling The Rustbelt Kids written by Pat Thomson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-04 with Education categories.
'A truly exceptional book.' - Michael W. Apple, University of Wisconsin, Madison 'A gripping insight into the local struggles facing disadvantaged schools and a compelling account of the injustice of their place in the bigger picture.' - Professor Geoff Whitty, Director, Institute of Education, University of London Schools in disadvantaged areas are struggling in the current economic and political environment. Like schools everywhere they are being asked to do more with less, but they face more obstacles. In recent years education policy has shifted from a holistic approach to learning to a focus on narrow educational outcomes: spelling, reading and writing. Thomson shows that this approach penalises disadvantaged schools and argues that educational and social disadvantage are inextricably linked in children's everyday lives. Examining primary and secondary schools in disadvantaged areas in a post-industrial ('rustbelt') city, Schooling the Rustbelt Kids reopens the debate about inequality in schooling. It provides concrete evidence that typical government policies in the Western world are not working, and that they are helping to create a permanent underclass. Thomson outlines an alternative whole of government approach to policy, which builds on those school programs that do make a real difference to educational outcomes. Thomson also emphasises the influence of local geography. Schools are coloured by particular neighbourhoods, permeated by national and global events, and tangled in complex networks of social relations. Interventions which work in one school may not work in others.
Schooling The Estate Kids
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Author : Carl Parsons
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-22
Schooling The Estate Kids written by Carl Parsons and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-22 with Education categories.
Schooling the Estate Kids chronicles the trajectory of one Kent secondary school which was twice dubbed ‘the worst school in England’ in the national press. Serving a high poverty neighbourhood, The Ramsgate School was challenged by national targets, low levels of attainment of the school intake at 11 and difficulties of recruitment and retention of quality staff. The local housing estates were amongst the most deprived in the country and shared the school’s negative reputation. The school became The Marlowe Academy in 2005 with new leadership and a new building (in 2006). Student numbers increased, attendance and attainment came close to the national average and the atmosphere in the school was transformed, though the characteristics of the pupils in terms of special needs (twice the national average) and deprivation (more than twice the national average entitled to free school meals) remained unchanged. This book questions the notion that school improvement and school leadership are key areas to focus on when the socio-economic circumstances of pupils, poverty, dwarf all the other factors which are related to the educational progress of students.
Literacy Leading And Learning
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Author : Debra Hayes
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2017-07-14
Literacy Leading And Learning written by Debra Hayes and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-14 with Education categories.
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Series Editors' Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- About the authors -- Introduction: The problem of literacy Long-running debates and -- Redesigning school literate practices: pedagogies of possibility -- Educational leadership and turn-around literacy pedagogies -- Supporting Improved Literacy Achievement (SILA) pilot project -- Overview of the book -- References -- Chapter 1 Poverty now -- Place: tracing the production of poverty -- Policy: the emergence and development of inequality as an issue of concern in education in Australia and the United Kingdom -- People: living in poverty -- Educational research in the north: key contributions to understanding poverty -- Making the Difference (Connell et al., 1982) and Teachers' Work (Connell, 1985) -- Schooling the Rustbelt Kids (Thomson, 2002) -- Redesigning Pedagogies in the North (RPiN) project (Hattam et al., 2009) -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 Studying schools -- The schools and their communities -- Leadership and literacy in the four schools: an introduction -- Hogwarts: a short-term, targeted intervention -- Enrichment programme to support growth -- Supporting a range of needs -- Studying the four schools -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Educational leadership practices: Making and remaking the school -- Poverty and its effects come to school -- Making sense of what is made visible in the work of leaders -- The dilemmas of leaders' work -- Changing pedagogy through whole-school agreements -- Practising 'educational' leadership whilst responding to demands for performativity -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 Uncommon pedagogies -- Teachers who stood out from their peers
Globalizing Education
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Author : Michael W. Apple
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang
Release Date : 2005
Globalizing Education written by Michael W. Apple and has been published by Peter Lang this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Education categories.
Because «globalization» is expressed in many ways and evokes complex responses, it demands various lines of analysis. Globalizing Education shows how this phenomenon is mediated and mitigated by a range of educational policies, pedagogies, and politics. It identifies the forms of educational governance associated with neoliberal globalism and their manifold effects on nation-state education systems, highlighting the colonizing minority-world imperatives and retraditionalizing ramifications. It also shows how the global cultural economy - the disjunctive flows of images, people, and ideas - both challenges and reinforces conventional educational trajectories. The global/national mesh-works created by drugs, technology, and unions are among the complicated connectivities explored. This book exposes the more pernicious effects on education of neo-liberal and corporate globalization and explores and identifies innovative and transformative educational policies, pedagogies, and politics.
Educational Administration And History
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Author : Tanya Fitzgerald
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-10-18
Educational Administration And History written by Tanya Fitzgerald and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-18 with Business & Economics categories.
In the past 40 years there have been a number of significant developments across the fields of educational administration and history. In this volume, the authors have selected a number of key issues to illustrate and trace these changes. The seven articles by leading scholars in the field offer an analysis of contemporary educational administration, history and policy debates and how this has impacted on teachers, leaders, schools and the education sector. This book offers readers a valuable insight into continuing and contemporary debates in the field and the authors offer a refreshing interpretation of these debates. This book provides a rich analysis from a range of theoretical, methodological perspectives and highlights the extent to which these debates remain a contemporary concern. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Educational Administration and History.
International Handbook Of Research On Children S Literacy Learning And Culture
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Author : Kathy Hall
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2016-10-31
International Handbook Of Research On Children S Literacy Learning And Culture written by Kathy Hall and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-31 with Education categories.
The International Handbook of Research in Children's Literacy, Learning and Culture presents an authoritative distillation of current global knowledge related to the field of primary years literacy studies. Features chapters that conceptualize, interpret, and synthesize relevant research Critically reviews past and current research in order to influence future directions in the field of literacy Offers literacy scholars an international perspective that recognizes and anticipates increasing diversity in literacy practices and cultures
Alternative Schooling Social Justice And Marginalised Students
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Author : Stewart Riddle
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-07-14
Alternative Schooling Social Justice And Marginalised Students written by Stewart Riddle and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-14 with Education categories.
This book examines the experiences and perspectives of students and teachers at an alternative music school, which caters for young learners who have been marginalised and disenfranchised from mainstream schooling. The school utilises a rich music-infused curriculum that connects to the lives of its students, alongside a democratic ethos and ethic of care for members of the school community, including the students, teachers, and parents. The combination of personal narratives together with detailed critical discussion, provides a compelling argument for how schools can make a major difference to the lives of young people. The case study presented in this book offers one potential response to the institutionalised social and educational inequities that young people continue to face, and highlights the important lessons from alternative schooling for education more broadly. It will be of particular interest to researchers in the areas of education and sociology, especially those concerned with matters of social justice and equity in education.
Promising Practices For Family Involvement In Schooling Across The Continents
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Author : Diana Hiatt-Michael
language : en
Publisher: IAP
Release Date : 2005-04-01
Promising Practices For Family Involvement In Schooling Across The Continents written by Diana Hiatt-Michael and has been published by IAP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-04-01 with Education categories.
Recipient of AERA Outstanding Contributions Relating Theory to Practice Award: Interpretive Scholarship for 2004
Transitions To School International Research Policy And Practice
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Author : Bob Perry
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-11-04
Transitions To School International Research Policy And Practice written by Bob Perry and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-04 with Education categories.
This book provides an important compilation and synthesis of current work in transition to school research. The book focuses strongly on the theoretical underpinnings of research in transition to school. It outlines key theoretical positions and connects those to the implications for policy and practice, thereby challenging readers to re-conceptualize their understandings, expectations and perceptions of transition to school. The exploration of this range of theoretical perspectives and the application of these to a wide range of research and research contexts makes this book an important and innovative contribution to the scholarship of transition to school research. A substantial part of the book is devoted to detailed examples of transition to school practice. These chapters provide innovative examples of evidence-based practice and contribute in turn, to practice-based evidence. The book is also devoted to considering policy issues and implications related to the transition to school. It records a genuine, collaborative effort to bring together a range of perspectives into a Transition to School Position Statement that will inform ongoing research, practice and policy. The collaborative, research, policy and practice based development of this position statement represents a world-first.
Pupil Disaffection In Schools
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Author : Sarah Swann
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-04-15
Pupil Disaffection In Schools written by Sarah Swann and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-15 with Social Science categories.
Sarah Swann provides a fresh approach to examining the long-standing debates over disaffection, and in particular social class differences in educational achievement, through a mixed methods methodology and the showcasing of new research. By observing pupils as they engage with peers and teachers in school, Swann allows disaffection to be seen and heard in ’real’ events which constructs disaffection differently from objective statistical evidence on school exclusions. Rather than a homogenous identity, this book illustrates disaffection as layered and resting on a series of issues located on the crossroads between the cultural context of the neighbourhood and the public sphere of the school. It plots in a detailed way how these structures interact and mesh to create disaffected identities. Disaffection does not emerge in a vacuum, or without a cause. Pupils arrive at school with a wide variety of experiences and it is from these that they interpret, understand and act out their identities. Whilst the study in part seeks to describe and understand the social world of the school in terms of the pupils’ interpretations of the situation, it analytically frames the perceptions of pupils within a wider social context. In particular it focuses on the relationships between schooling and the wider macro structures and social relations that underpin disaffection. This approach makes the research both critical and interpretative and also able to shed new light on educational policy across England based on an understanding of the role of disaffection.