Disaffection from School?
The Early Years
Gill Barrett(Editor)
Falmer Press Ltd
Published on 13. November 1989
Book
Hardback
184 pages
978-1-85000-440-0 (ISBN)
Description
The purpose of this book is to explore the nature and appearance of disaffection and alienation in young children and try to understand its significance. It explores classroom interactions and adult expectations of children as well as historical and policy-related perspectives in schools.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
650 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85000-440-0 (9781850004400)
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Content
Part 1 The child - thinker and learner or disaffected recipient?: a child's eye view of schooling; "deliver us from eagles" - factors making for sense or nonsense in the young child's view of the curriculum, Annabel Dixon; self esteem and learning in the early years, Denis Lawrence. Part 2 Teachers, classrooms and education - contexts for disaffection: classrooms and behaviour - teachers' perspectives on disaffection, Gill Barrett; a process of mind - creativity and learning or the construction of disaffection?, Ann Saunders; theories and assumptions about children and learning in early years schooling - an historical perspective, Clem Adelman. Part 3 Home, school and community - continuity or discontinuity: being a disaffected parent, John Schostak; "they're too young to notice" - young children and racism, Ian Menter; counteracting disaffection - school ethos and the individual within a community, Val Wood. Part 4 Learning and knowing - societal and individual perspectives: "School starts at five...or four years old?" - the rationale for changing admission policies in England and Wales, Martin Woodhead; a re-examination of the needs of teacher education for early years teachers, Peter Heaslip; ways of thinking in society, individuals and school curriculum - a framework for disaffection?, Gill Barrett.