Title Learning to fail : how society lets young people down / Fran Abrams

Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 167 pages) : illustrations Contents Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; The young people (some names have been changed); Introduction; Chapter 1 The importance of places; Chapter 2 Changing chances; Chapter 3 Aspirations; Chapter 4 Poverty; Chapter 5 School; Chapter 6 Changing families; Chapter 7 Street life; Chapter 8 Making choices; Chapter 9 Further trouble; Chapter 10 The world of work; Chapter 11 Race matters; Chapter 12 The difference for girls; Chapter 13 Reaching out; Conclusions; Footnote -- outcomes; Bibliography Summary Blending interviews with those most closely affected together with views from key commentators and experts the author creates a vivid picture of a system and societal failure ... a failure both that is at once both embarrassing and avoidable Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-167) Notes Print version record Subject Youth with social disabilities -- Education -- Great Britain -- Case studies School failure -- Great Britain -- Case studies Youth -- Employment -- Great Britain -- Case studies Youth -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- Case studies EDUCATION -- Secondary. School failure Youth -- Employment Youth -- Social conditions Youth with social disabilities -- Education Great Britain Genre/Form Electronic books Case studies Form Electronic book ISBN 9780203864821 0203864824 0415483956 0415483964 9780415483957 9780415483964 9781135264833 113526483X 9781135264789 1135264783 9781135264826 1135264821

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