{"title":"Pygmalions, Galateans and Golems: Why Pre-Service Teacher Beliefs about Children from Diverse Backgrounds (Still) Matter.","authors":"D. Zyngier","doi":"10.18546/IJSD.09.1.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18546/IJSD.09.1.03","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":90740,"journal":{"name":"The international journal on school disaffection","volume":"9 1","pages":"23-38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.18546/IJSD.09.1.03","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68312292","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Somewhere between Distrust and Dependence: Young People, the Police and Anti-Social Behaviour Management within Marginalised Communities.","authors":"Sinéad Gormally, R. Deuchar","doi":"10.18546/IJSD.09.1.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18546/IJSD.09.1.05","url":null,"abstract":"Recent concerns in the UK about youth disaffection, anti-social behaviour and gang culture have led to an increase in pre-emptive intervention strategies focused on the policing of groups of young people. This article explores the literature on youth/police relationships and the evidence that suggests that preventive police strategies may have weakened these relationships and may also have had a negative impact on youth engagement in the law enforcement process. The article reports on the outcomes of a small-scale qualitative study conducted in two socially deprived communities in Glasgow (Scotland's largest city). The researchers gathered interview data from young people, police officers, youth workers and local community residents as a means of exploring the current relationship between young people and the police and the way in which local people view this relationship. The findings illustrate the existence of a localised cyclical relationship of mistrust alongside more ambivalent views by the local residents, youth and police. While resentful of police practices in general, young people and residents welcomed the prospect of a procedurally just police force to protect them; police officers valued the opportunity to uphold community safety, but still projected some cynical and stereotypical views. The article concludes with suggested implications for policy, practice and research.","PeriodicalId":90740,"journal":{"name":"The international journal on school disaffection","volume":"9 1","pages":"51-66"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68312524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"\"Playground Pals\" and Peer Mediation at Benarty Primary School, Scotland.","authors":"K. Gallacher","doi":"10.18546/IJSD.08.2.07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18546/IJSD.08.2.07","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":90740,"journal":{"name":"The international journal on school disaffection","volume":"8 1","pages":"42-43"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68312055","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Accessing Students' Reasoning for Disengagement.","authors":"Craig Deed","doi":"10.18546/IJSD.08.2.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18546/IJSD.08.2.04","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":90740,"journal":{"name":"The international journal on school disaffection","volume":"8 1","pages":"24-28"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.18546/IJSD.08.2.04","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68311994","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"School Dropouts in Hong Kong: Parents' Experiences.","authors":"Y. Lau","doi":"10.18546/IJSD.08.1.06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18546/IJSD.08.1.06","url":null,"abstract":"Note I sincerely acknowledge the Direct Grant Committee of The Chinese University of Hong Kong for sponsoring the study. The strong emphasis of parents’ responsibility in children’s study in the Chinese culture Parents have the prime responsibility to ensure that their children attend school regularly in most developed societies, both in the East and West (National Audit Office, 2005; Manpower and Education Bureau, 2003). In Hong Kong, parents of student dropouts can be issued an attendance order that requires them to send the child back to school. Any parent who fails to comply with an attendance order without reasonable cause commits an offence carrying a fine of $10,000 and imprisonment for three months (Manpower and Education Bureau, 2003). Unlike in the Western context, such as the situation in the United States and the United Kingdom, in Hong Kong, there is limited community or police involvement with the dropout children over the issues of their nonattendance. Parents are expected to solve the problem with their children.","PeriodicalId":90740,"journal":{"name":"The international journal on school disaffection","volume":"8 1","pages":"38-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68311783","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Safer schools in the UK - a case study","authors":"C. Hayden, A. Holt, Denise Martin, C. Nee","doi":"10.18546/IJSD.08.2.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18546/IJSD.08.2.02","url":null,"abstract":"The research that informs this article is based on the UK case study schools within a European Safer Schools Partnership, that included nine other countries. A key aspect of the partnership was the promotion of democratic values and violence prevention. The article takes a critical look at the development of such partnerships and how the behaviour of children in and around schools is understood and responded to.","PeriodicalId":90740,"journal":{"name":"The international journal on school disaffection","volume":"8 1","pages":"5-13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.18546/IJSD.08.2.02","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68311865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rural Alaska Mentoring Project (RAMP).","authors":"T. Cash","doi":"10.18546/IJSD.08.1.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18546/IJSD.08.1.05","url":null,"abstract":"Terry Cash, Ph.D. Assistant Director, National Dropout Prevention Center, Clemson University For over two years the National Dropout Prevention Center (NDPC) at Clemson University has been supporting the Lower Kuskokwim School District (LKSD) in NW Alaska with their efforts to reduce high school dropout in 23 remote Yup’ik Eskimo villages. One of Alaska’s largest rural districts, LKSD services a 22,000 square mile area roughly the size of the state of West Virginia. Approximately 3,900 students (K-12) of mostly Yup’ik (Eskimo) heritage are served by the district’s 345 teachers and numerous paraprofessionals. One-fifth of the certified teachers are Yup’ik, the greatest percentage of indigenous educators of any district in Alaska.","PeriodicalId":90740,"journal":{"name":"The international journal on school disaffection","volume":"8 1","pages":"35-37"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68311725","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Classroom Meetings as a Restorative Practice: A Study of Teachers' Responses to an Extended Professional Development Innovation.","authors":"Kathleen Kaveney, W. Drewery","doi":"10.18546/IJSD.08.1.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18546/IJSD.08.1.02","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":90740,"journal":{"name":"The international journal on school disaffection","volume":"8 1","pages":"5-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.18546/IJSD.08.1.02","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68312133","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Nor, S. Roslan, A. Mohamed, Kamaruddin Hj. Abu Hassan, M. Ali, Jaimah Abdul Manaf
{"title":"Dropout Prevention Initiatives for Malaysian Indigenous Orang Asli Children.","authors":"S. Nor, S. Roslan, A. Mohamed, Kamaruddin Hj. Abu Hassan, M. Ali, Jaimah Abdul Manaf","doi":"10.18546/IJSD.08.1.07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18546/IJSD.08.1.07","url":null,"abstract":"This paper discusses dropout prevention initiatives by the Malaysian government for the disadvantaged indigenous Orang Asli people in the rural villages of Peninsular Malaysia. The roles of the Ministry of Education (MOE) as well as the Institutes of Teacher Education (ITEs) are highlighted pertaining to efforts at improving the quality of education for elementary school Orang Asli children. The out-reach programs and in-service courses for teachers in Orang Asli Schools are highlighted. Challenges faced in the implementation of these initiatives are also discussed.","PeriodicalId":90740,"journal":{"name":"The international journal on school disaffection","volume":"8 1","pages":"42-56"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.18546/IJSD.08.1.07","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68311796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Turning around, Transforming, and Continuously Improving Schools: Policy Proposals Are Still Based on a Two- Rather than a Three-Component Blueprint.","authors":"H. Adelman, L. Taylor","doi":"10.18546/IJSD.08.1.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18546/IJSD.08.1.04","url":null,"abstract":"Support for this work comes in part from the Office of Adolescent Health, Maternal and Child Health Bureau (Title V, Social Security Act), Health Resources and Services Administration (Project #U45 MC 00175) US Department of Health and Human Services. C learly, low performing, and especially failing schools, are a high priority concern for policy makers. And it is evident that fundamental systemic changes are necessary. There is, however, inadequate research and no consensus about a policy and practice blueprint and roadmap to guide such changes.","PeriodicalId":90740,"journal":{"name":"The international journal on school disaffection","volume":"48 1","pages":"22-34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68311710","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}