Journal article
‘Give me air not shelter’: critical tales of a policy case of student re-engagement frombeyond school
Journal of Education Policy, Vol.30(2), pp.220-236
2015
Abstract
This paper tackles what is arguably one of the most pressing and intractable educational issues confronting western democracies – the disengagement and disconnection from schooling of alarming numbers of young people. The paper looks at the policy response in Victoria, Australia, and through ethnographic interviews with a small number of young people; it finds a significant mismatch between the policy intent of re-engagement programmes, and the experiences of young people themselves. It seems that this is an instance of what might be termed policy deafness, a situation that will likely produce devastating consequences unless corrected.
Details
- Title
- ‘Give me air not shelter’: critical tales of a policy case of student re-engagement frombeyond school
- Authors/Creators
- J. Smyth (Author/Creator)J. Robinson (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Journal of Education Policy, Vol.30(2), pp.220-236
- Publisher
- Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group
- Identifiers
- 991005544605107891
- Copyright
- © 2014 Taylor & Francis
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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- 6.11 Education & Educational Research
- 6.11.345 Educational Reform
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