Truancy and schools / Ken Reid.

At present about one million pupils truant from their schools on a daily basis and this book examines why they do it. The numerous reasons for truanting discussed are: * disadvantageous home backgrounds * problems with settling in socially at school * poor performance in school * experiencing bullyi...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Reid, Ken
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 The consequences of truancy
  • chapter 2 Types of truants and incidence
  • chapter 3 Types of truancy
  • chapter 4 Causes of truancy: social perspectives
  • chapter 5 Causes of truancy: psychological indices
  • chapter 6 Educational causes of truancy
  • chapter 7 Government initiatives
  • chapter 8 School-based initiatives
  • chapter 9 Whole-school approaches to reducing truancy
  • chapter 10 Improving school attendance: school-based review
  • chapter 11 Teachers, teaching and truancy
  • chapter 12 An internal and an external solution
  • Records of achievement and work placement schemes
  • chapter 13 OFSTED: guidelines on attendance and behaviour
  • chapter 14 Parents and truancy
  • chapter 15 Education welfare service
  • chapter 16 Epilogue.