Overview
- Integrates theory and practice to explore how educational disengagement can be avoided
- Uses the Young Adolescent Engagement in Learning Model as a framework
- Offers an evidence-based theorisation of features associated with schooling engagement
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Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Glenda McGregor is Senior Lecturer and Deputy Head of School (Academic) in the School of Education and Professional Studies, Griffith University, Australia. Her research interests include the sociology of youth, alternative and democratic schooling, curriculum and educational reform.
Donna Pendergast is Dean of the School of Education and Professional Studies at Griffith University, Australia. An internationally-renowned scholar in the field of middle years education, her research focuses on teacher and school leadership for middle years reform.
Michelle Ronksley-Pavia is a research fellow and sessional lecturer at Griffith University, Australia. An award-winning teacher with over 20 years experience, her research focuses on building teacher capacity to support underserved populations of gifted students.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Young Adolescent Engagement in Learning
Book Subtitle: Supporting Students through Structure and Community
Authors: Jeanne Allen, Glenda McGregor, Donna Pendergast, Michelle Ronksley-Pavia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05837-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-05836-4Published: 26 March 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-05837-1Published: 16 March 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIX, 204
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour
Topics: Learning & Instruction, Schools and Schooling, Administration, Organization and Leadership, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Education