Getting the buggers to turn up. (©2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ian McCormack.
• Other Names: McCormack, Ian
• Contents: ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Why Address the Problem?""; ""Why are we trying to alter behaviour?""; ""What are the economic facts?""; ""Education, truancy, crime and health""; ""The problem of persuading others""; ""Why are truants deserving of help and resources?""; ""The educational perspective""; ""Conclusion""; ""2 Truancy: Legal Implications""; ""The legal definition""; ""How is truancy recorded?""; ""Sanctions""; ""Parenting courses""; ""Legal proceedings""; ""What are the current statistics?""; ""3 Different Types of Truancy"" ""Condoned truancy (by parents)""""Condoned truancy (by teachers)""; ""Culturally motivated truancy""; ""Economic truancy""; ""The school phobic""; ""Post-registration truancy""; ""Fear of failure""; ""Insecurity/personal safety""; ""Rejection of values""; ""4 Where Does Truancy Start?""; ""Early socialization""; ""Stereotypical background of the truant""; ""Early school experiences""; ""Learned behaviour""; ""Intervention and support""; ""School refusal/school phobia""; ""Conclusion""; ""5 What Happens to Truants""; ""Failure at school does not prevent aspiration"" ""The views and backgrounds of young offenders""""Conclusion""; ""6 What Can We Do?""; ""Improving attendance""; ""British Government advice""; ""Examples of good practice""; ""Close to Home project, Milton Keynes""; ""A Bit of a Laugh, Bromsgrove Community Awareness Project""; ""The Warrington Wolves Attendance Project""; ""Alsop High School Technology College, Liverpool""; ""Conclusion""; ""7 School-based Factors""; ""Setting out strategies""; ""The school day""; ""Focusing initiatives""; ""Managing transfer""; ""A sense of security""; ""Systematized approaches""; ""School councils"" ""Behaviour""""Traveller children, EAL children and asylum seeker children""; ""Conclusion""; ""8 Alternative Approaches and Support Systems""; ""Disaffection, a common and positive trait""; ""Other methods of supporting pupils""; ""Classroom management, missed opportunities""; ""9 Supporting Good Attendance through Alternative Approaches""; ""Case study: South Bromsgrove Community High School""; ""Deciding to truant""; ""Dads and Lads Programmes""; ""Alternative courses""; ""Conclusion""; ""10 What the Buggers Said"" ""Appendix A: Pupil Absence in Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools in England in 2002/2003: Revised Statistics""""Appendix B: HMYOI Thorn Cross: Research Questionnaire""; ""Appendix C: Support Agencies and Resources Offering Help to Additional Language and Asylum Seeker Families""; ""Appendix D: Connexions Guidelines""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""W""; ""Y""
• Publisher Details: London New York : Continuum
• Publication Date: 2005
• Copyright Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (vii, 156 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 371.2950941; School attendance -- Great Britain; EDUCATION -- Administration -- General; School attendance; Gewalt; Prävention; Schule; Great Britain; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441147288; 1441147284; 1283206080; 9781283206082
• Related ISBNs: 0826473326; 9780826473325
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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