Jonathan Shute, Bruce S. Cooper

Fixing Truancy Now (eBook, ePUB)

Inviting Students Back to Class

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Truancy is a complex issue that continues to plague schools, and many blame truancy problems on students, parents, and socioeconomic factors. However, truancy is more than juvenile delinquents skipping school to have fun or be with friends. In Fixing Truancy Now: Inviting Students Back to Class, author Bruce S. Cooperposits that truancy is an indication that school curricula and pedagogy are not serving students' needs as well as they should, especially when it comes to ethnic minority students and English language learners. This book explores: different types of truancy; major research in the field;and how teachers, school leaders, and students can work together in solving this problem. Ultimately this book offers hope that teachers, parents, and school leaders can find solutions to this multifaceted problem through collaborative problem-solving.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. September 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781475810073
• Artikelnr.: 41809590

Autorenporträt

Jon Shute is an assistant professor in the School of Education at Brigham Young University-Hawaii. He has over 15 years teaching experience in elementary and secondary classrooms. He also has a strong background working with at-risk students, as well as English language learners and students from diverse ethnicities.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Understanding and Defining Truancy
Chapter 2: "Surrounding The Wrong Building"
Chapter 3: Truancy By The Numbers
Chapter 4: The Ethnic Minority And English Language Learner Journey Of
Education
Chapter 5: Truancy And Ethnicity
Chapter 6: Listening To The Truants
Chapter 7: Truancy Among Speakers Of English As A Second Language
Chapter 8: Shifting The Prevailing Winds Of Education
Chapter 9: A Good Teacher
Chapter 10: Fixing Truancy