By tracking a group of qualified but socio-economically disadvantaged young people, this study identifies the factors which impact upon their HE careers. It examines factors that govern levels of success as well as those that impede the progress of academically able but disadvantaged young people. The study uses both quantitative and qualitative methods to follow the progress of 395 young people from schools located in disadvantaged areas. It identifies factors that hinder their progress as w...
Recent criticisms of research on education have largely missed the point. By focusing on schools, they have failed to take note of the enormous range of research on teaching and learning in education defined more broadly. This highly topical report looks across the traditional education system and wherever else teaching and learning takes place. It looks at schools, colleges and universities on the one hand, and industrial training, nurse and student mentoring, professional development and lifel...
Bullying in a Cyber World (Early Years)
Bullying in a Cyber World can be used to supplement your schools anti bullying policy or in conjunction with its core values programme. Bullying in a Cyber World covers the following aspects of bullying. What is bullying, Forms of bullying, Cyberbullying, Targets of bullying, Effects of bullying, Who bullies and why, Dealing with bullying and Preventing bullying. It is also supported by a full colour set of six posters. Features: supporting teachers pages which contain: a focus identifying the m...
School Violence: A Reference Handbook, 2nd Edition (Contemporary World Issues)
by Laura L Finley
We need different measures of achievement and aspiration if we are to better prepare all young people for life in the 21st century. This book redefines what school is for, then presents 5 dimensions of a vision for the future of secondary education. The author illustrates, in three scenarios, how these might form the basis of a future system.
Peer Mediation: Citizenship and Social Inclusion Revisited
by Hilary Cremin
"This book is a must for those who, like me, believe passionately both in the power of peer mediation...and in the urgency of spreading good practice in a society like ours, which is desperately searching for ways to be inclusive and at peace with itself."Tim Brighouse, former Commissioner for London Schools"As the challenges facing young people grow so do the array of support mechanisms to help them. During my time as a Member of Parliament and as a Minister I saw many of the ideas and initiati...
Implement a more constructive approach to difficult students Lost and Found is a follow-up to Dr. Ross Greene's landmark works, The Explosive Child and Lost at School, providing educators with highly practical, explicit guidance on implementing his Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS) Problem Solving model with behaviorally-challenging students. While the first two books described Dr. Greene's positive, constructive approach and described implementation on a macro level, this useful guide p...
Threats in Schools: A Practical Guide for Managing Violence
by Psy D Joseph T McCann
