EAN: 9781433113734

FROM SILENT WITNESSES TO ACTIVE AGENTS - JOHN S...

Although they are typically viewed as silent witnesses in schools during the worldwide
infatuation with school reform  this book  in fact  reveals young people to be active agents
with something worthwhile to say about their schooling and what might be done to make learning
more exciting and relevant to their lives and aspirations. The authors foreground the stories
of some 100 young informants from low socioeconomic backgrounds who had been repelled by school
but found their way back in to learning through alternative education programs that offered
them a sense of direction  hope  and purpose - although they also presented them with some
tensions and dilemmas. At a time when educational policies are bearing down heavily on schools
through national testing regimes  accountability standards  and other repressive measures  it
is refreshing to hear from young people about ways that schools can be made more humane and
educationally rewarding places.

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