Disaffection from School?

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.