'Give me air not shelter': critical tales of a policy case of student re-engagement from beyond school

Title: 'Give me air not shelter': critical tales of a policy case of student re-engagement from beyond school
Creator: Smyth, John; Robinson, Janean
Date: 2015
Type: Text; Journal article
Identifier: http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/76475
Identifier: vital:7559
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1080/02680939.2014.945965
Identifier: ISSN:0268-0939
Abstract: This paper tackles what is arguably one of the most pressing and intractable educational issues confronting western democracies and the disengagement and disconnection from schooling of alarming numbers of young people. The paper looks at the policy response in Victoria, Australia, and through ethnographic interviews with a small number of young people; it finds a significant mismatch between the policy intent of re-engagement programmes, and the experiences of young people themselves. It seems that this is an instance of what might be termed policy deafness, a situation that will likely produce devastating consequences unless corrected.
Publisher: Routledge
Relation: Journal of Education Policy Vol. 30, no. 2 (2015), p. 220-236; http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP100100045
Rights: This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
Subject: 1303 Specialist Studies In Education; 1605 Policy and Administration; Equity/social justice; Inclusion
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