| Description |
184 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Quality in secondary schools and colleges series |
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Quality in secondary schools and colleges series.
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| Contents |
1. Pupil voices and school improvement / Jean Rudduck, Roland Chaplain and Gwen Wallace -- 2. Going to 'the big school': the turbulence of transition / Jean Rudduck -- 3. Relating to teachers / Gwen Wallace -- 4. Lessons, subjects and the curriculum: issues of 'understanding' and 'coherence' / Jean Rudduck -- 5. Engaging with learning / Gwen Wallace -- 6. The meaning of 'working hard' in school / Ruth Kershner -- 7. Homework: dilemmas and difficulties / Molly Warrington and Mike Younger -- 8. Making a strategic withdrawal: disengagement and self-worth protection in male pupils / Roland Chaplain -- 9. Pupils under pressure: coping with stress at school / Roland Chaplain -- 10. Getting serious: the demands of coursework, revision and examinations / Jean Rudduck -- 11. Confronting the world of work / Julia Day -- 12. The reckoning / Julia Day -- 13. Reviewing the conditions of learning in schools / Jean Rudduck, Roland Chaplain and Gwen Wallace |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Education, Secondary -- Great Britain.
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High school students -- Great Britain -- Attitudes.
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School improvement programs -- Great Britain.
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| Author |
Chaplain, Roland.
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Rudduck, Jean.
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Wallace, Gwen.
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| LC no. |
96103200 |
| ISBN |
1853463930 |
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