Full Description
Truancy is a complex issue that continues to plague schools, and many blame truancy problems on students, parents, and socioeconomic factors. However, truancy is more than juvenile delinquents skipping school to have fun or be with friends.
In Fixing Truancy Now: Inviting Students Back to Class, author Bruce S. Cooper posits that truancy is an indication that school curricula and pedagogy are not serving students' needs as well as they should, especially when it comes to ethnic minority students and English language learners. This book explores:
·different types of truancy;
·major research in the field;
·and how teachers, school leaders, and students can work together in solving this problem.
Ultimately this book offers hope that teachers, parents, and school leaders can find solutions to this multifaceted problem through collaborative problem-solving.
Contents
Chapter 1: Understanding and Defining Truancy
Chapter 2: "Surrounding The Wrong Building"
Chapter 3: Truancy By The Numbers
Chapter 4: The Ethnic Minority And English Language Learner Journey Of Education
Chapter 5: Truancy And Ethnicity
Chapter 6: Listening To The Truants
Chapter 7: Truancy Among Speakers Of English As A Second Language
Chapter 8: Shifting The Prevailing Winds Of Education
Chapter 9: A Good Teacher
Chapter 10: Fixing Truancy
