Tackling Disaffection and Social Exclusion

Tackling Disaffection and Social Exclusion
Author: Annette Hayton
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2013-09-13
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1135373175

This text investigates UK policy issues and strategies in an international context, highlighting the importance of educational exclusion and disaffection on the international agenda. The authors examine the problems and key areas of policy development for education.

Tackling Disaffection and Social Exclusion

Tackling Disaffection and Social Exclusion
Author: Annette Hayton
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2013-09-13
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1135373108

This text investigates UK policy issues and strategies in an international context, highlighting the importance of educational exclusion and disaffection on the international agenda. The authors examine the problems and key areas of policy development for education.

Anti-Capital: Human, Social and Cultural

Anti-Capital: Human, Social and Cultural
Author: Jacek Tittenbrun
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2016-04-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317180372

The notion of capital has enjoyed a rich career in the social sciences, its use across a range of subjects and in diverse academic and professional contexts having served to establish its conceptual status as 'given'. With particular attention to human and social capital - including cultural capital - this book traces the roots of this theoretical and conceptual trend to economics, revealing the proliferation of various forms of capital to be based upon an encroachment of the conceptual apparatus of economics into other social sciences. Offering an in-depth, critical analysis of the concepts of human and social capital, as well as their surrounding theories, Anti-Capital: Human, Social and Cultural proposes an alternative theoretical framework, whilst better explaining the realities that they mask in economic terms. A rigorous exploration of the most popular forms of 'capital' in the contemporary social sciences, this book will be of interest to scholars and students of sociology, political and social theory, demography and economics.

From Public Health to Wellbeing

From Public Health to Wellbeing
Author: Paul Walker
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2011-12-02
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0230357369

There has never been more awareness of the public health agenda, as policy-makers stress the importance of 'wellbeing' to the general public. Charting the history and evolution of the public health agenda, this insightful reader argues the place of wellbeing in local and national strategy. It identifies some of the critical events that have influenced the development of public health systems, and looks at the challenges for policymakers and professionals in the formulation and delivery of effective strategies for the future. This text explores the challenges of defining and promoting wellbeing across the lifespan, from childhood and youth to older age, through a range of approaches, such as town planning and partnership working. It is a valuable resource for students of public health, health promotion, the social sciences and social policy, as well as for any practitioner supporting health promotion within the public, private or voluntary sector.

A Student′s Guide to Methodology

A Student′s Guide to Methodology
Author: Peter Clough
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2012-02-22
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1446289435

The Third Edition of this hugely popular text provides students with straightforward principles and frameworks for understanding methodology. Peter Clough and Cathy Nutbrown are adept at making methodology meaningful for beginners and more advanced readers alike. Their book clearly demonstrates how methodology impacts upon every stage of the research process, and gives readers all of the tools that they need to understand it. New to this edition are the following: - new boxes and guidance on research ethics in every chapter - more international examples and perspectives - up to date coverage of online research methods - more examples from real students - a new companion website, featuring Powerpoint slides for lecturers The authors take an applied approach and every chapter contains a variety of practical examples from real research. Readers are encouraged to reflect on their own practice at every step, meaning that the book remains extremely relevant throughout. It will be invaluable for all students who are doing a dissertation or taking a research methods module in education, the social sciences, business and health.

Widening Participation in Post-Compulsory Education

Widening Participation in Post-Compulsory Education
Author: Liz Thomas
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2005-03-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1847140696

Both nationally and internationally there is a drive to increase participation in post-compulsory education. Yet with existing participation rates already high by historical standards, it is not easy to see how this can be done. Now Liz Thomas provides a comprehensive guide. From an analysis of the motives for expansion and the reasons why students enroll--or fail to enroll--through to a critical analysis of existing and innovative schemes, the author highlights good practice and explains ways to develop a strategic approach to widening participation.

The Palgrave International Handbook of School Discipline, Surveillance, and Social Control

The Palgrave International Handbook of School Discipline, Surveillance, and Social Control
Author: Jo Deakin
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 604
Release: 2018-06-07
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3319715593

Truly international in scope, this Handbook focuses on approaches to discipline, surveillance and social control from around the world, critically examining the strategies and practices schools employ to monitor students and control their behavior. Bringing together leading scholars from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, the chapters scrutinize, analyze and compare schools' practices across the globe, providing a critical review of existing evidence, debates and understandings, while looking forward to address emerging important questions and key policy issues. The chapters are divided into four sections. Part 1 offers accounts of international trends in school discipline, surveillance and punishment; Part 2 examines the merging of school strategies with criminal justice practices; Part 3 focuses on developments in school technological surveillance; and Part 4 concludes by discussing restorative and balanced approaches to school discipline and behavior management. As the first Handbook to draw together these multiple themes into one text, and the first international comparative collection on school discipline, surveillance and social control, it will appeal to scholars across a range of fields including sociology, education, criminology, critical security studies and psychology, providing a unique, timely, and indispensable resource for undergraduate educators and researchers.

New Labour's New Educational Agenda: Issues and Policies for Education and Training at 14+

New Labour's New Educational Agenda: Issues and Policies for Education and Training at 14+
Author: Ann Hodgson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2013-04-03
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1136356959

This work discusses and analyzes New Labour's emerging policies in the area of 14+ education and training. The authors present an account of developments in the area of post-compulsory education and training in the workplace and outline the challenges to be faced in the next decade.

Understanding Social Exclusion

Understanding Social Exclusion
Author: Phil Agulnik
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2002
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780199251940

This text explores the issue of social exclusion, considering its measurement, main determinants, and ways in which it may be reduced. The editors show how a focus on the topic may alter the relevant policy questions by fostering debate in government.