Urban Youth and Schooling: The Experiences and Identities of Educationally 'at Risk' Young People (Education in an Urbanised Society (Paperback)) - Softcover

Archer, Louise

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0335223826 ISBN 13: 9780335223824

Publisher: Open University Press, 2010

Synopsis

• How can we understand the educational disengagement of urban, working-class young people?
• What role do schools and education policies play in these young people’s difficult relationships with education?
• How might schools help to support and engage urban youth?

This book critically engages with contemporary notions of 'at risk' youth. It explores the complexity of urban young people's relationships with education and schooling and discusses strategies for addressing these issues.

Drawing on a two year study of urban 14-16 year olds, educational professionals and parents, the book focuses in depth on the views and experiences of ethnically diverse young Londoners who had been identified by their schools as 'at risk of dropping out of education' and as 'unlikely to progress into post-16 education'.

It provides an informative and accessible overview of the key issues, debates and theoretical frameworks. It is important reading for school leaders, teachers and learning support assistants as well as trainee teachers and educational researchers.

About this title

About the Author:

Louise Archer is a Senior Research Fellow in the Institute for Policy Studies in Education at London Metropolitan University. She researches issues of 'race', gender, social class and education including: widening participation to HE; Chinese pupils' identities and aspirations; and inner-city pupils who 'drop out' of schooling. She is co-author of Higher Education and Social Class: issues of exclusion and inclusion (Routledge Falmer)

About this edition

• Publisher: Open University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0335223826
• ISBN 13: 9780335223824
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176