'Hanging in with Kids' in Tough Times; Engagement in Contexts of Educational Disadvantage in the Relational School

by Peter McInerney, John Smyth, Barry Down

Book Overview

This book brings a unique, innovative and refreshing perspective to one of the most protracted issues affecting young lives - disengagement from schooling. Rather than continuing to blame young people, as most educational policies do, this book examines disengagement from the vantage point of the lives, experiences, interests and aspirations of the communities from which young people come, and within which they are embedded. It uses a narrative and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1433106736
• ISBN13: 9781433106736
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Peter Lang Us
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.8"