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1 online resource (vii, 156 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Getting the Buggers
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Getting the Buggers.
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Includes index. |
| Summary |
This invaluable guide for principals and classroom teachers containspractical guidance on tackling truancy in schools. Brimming with adviceon dealing with bullying, raising pupilsGÇÖ self-esteem as well as helpingthem cope with the trauma of transferring schools, Ian McCormackwrites accessibly and entertainingly. His firm belief that disaffected pupilswill only respond if they feel they have a voice underpins his writing. Thisbook will prove invaluable to frustrated teachers everywhere. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| 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"" |
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""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"" |
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""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"" |
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""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"" |
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""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"" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
School attendance -- Great Britain.
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School attendance. |
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Great Britain. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: McCormack, Ian. Getting the buggers to turn up. London ; New York : Continuum, ©2005 0826473326 (DLC) 2005299739 (OCoLC)61151842 |
| ISBN |
9781441147288 (electronic book) |
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1441147284 (electronic book) |
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1283206080 |
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9781283206082 |
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0826473326 |
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9780826473325 |
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