Schools and Persistent Absentees

✍ Scribed by D. Galloway (Auth.)

• Publisher: Elsevier Ltd, Pergamon Press
• Year: 1985
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 205
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Drawing on an extensive study of persistent absentees, their families and their schools, David Galloway explores the prevalence of absence from schools and the underlying causes. He shows that a majority of poor attendees remain at home with their parents' knowledge, and often with their consent, and argues that the disadvantaged circumstances of many of the families concerned is of little relevance to teachers unless they also recognize how the pupils and their families view what the school has to offer. Using his experience as a teacher, educational psychologist and researcher, he demonstrates that school attendance cannot be usefully considered in isolation from the life and work of the school as a whole

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Other Pergamon titles of interest, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Preface, Pages v-vi
Acknowledgements, Page vii
Disclaimers, Page ix
CHAPTER 1 - Introduction, Pages 1-8
CHAPTER 2 - Unauthorised Absence, Pages 9-19
CHAPTER 3 - Semi-descriptive Categories, Pages 20-37
CHAPTER 4 - School and Community Influences, Pages 38-53
CHAPTER 5 - Persistent Absentees and their Families, Pages 54-75
CHAPTER 6 - Partial Solutions? I. Clinical Treatments, Pages 76-94
CHAPTER 7 - Partial Solutions? II. Administrative and Legal Sanctions, Pages 95-121
CHAPTER 8 - Using Resources: Analysing and Planning, Pages 122-138
CHAPTER 9 - Wider Implications for Teachers, Pages 139-156
CHAPTER 10 - Conclusion: Back to the School?, Pages 157-167
Bibliography, Pages 168-175
APPENDIX - Sheffield School and Home Project: Summary of Completed Research Programme, Pages 176-190
Index, Pages 191-198