Urban Youth and Schooling: The Experiences and Identities of Educationally 'at Risk' Young People

by Heather Mendick, Sumi Hollingworth, Louise Archer

Book Overview

How can we understand the educational disengagement of urban, working-class young people? What role do schools and education policies play in these young people's difficult relationships with education? How might schools help to support and engage urban youth? This book critically engages with contemporary notions of 'at risk' youth. It explores the complexity of urban young people's relationships with education and schooling and discusses strategies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0335223826
• ISBN13: 9780335223824
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Open University Press
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"