Giving Up on School

Student Dropouts and Teacher Burnouts
1. Auflage 1991
ISBN: 978-0-8039-3491-7
Verlag: Corwin

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 448 g

Students don't just drop out of school, they dump it. Teachers don't just quit, they bolt. Both are victims of the alienation process that prevails in schools -- and is cultivated by the conditions within the school, the community, and society at large. The search for a solution to these conditions is hardly new, but nearly all attempts have failed. Giving Up on School provides educators with the insight they need to know why previous "solu-tions" solved nothing because reformers have approached the situation as two distinct problems. The root causes are the same in each and "mandate an immediate and drastic reappraisal." Giving Up on School is the culmination of years of sociologi-cal and anthropological research in school settings. The authors offer a compelling portrait of those who "turn off, tune out, and drop out" and then propose changes -- both modest and not-so-modest -- to reverse the trend.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lecompte, Margaret Diane

Dworkin, Anthony Gary

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Pädagogische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
The Contemporary Context of Cultural Expectations
Turned Off, Tuned Out, Dropped Out
Creating Failure: Why Students Drop Out
The Who and Why of Teacher Burnout
To Quit or Not to Quit
Alienation and Schools
Giving up on Schools: A Process Model
Why School Reforms Fail
Conclusion: Some Modest and Not So Modest Proposals