Why do students drop out of high school?; narrative studies and social critiques.

9780773451612

Why do students drop out of high school?; narrative studies and social critiques.

Ed. by Kate Tilleczeck.

Edwin Mellen Pr.

2008

208 pages

$109.95

Hardcover

LC146

Editor Tilleczek (sociology, Laurentian U.) and her contributors focus on the influence of ethnicity, gender and sexuality on students' decisions to disengage from school life, concentrating on the marginalized. They describe their approach to narrative-based research, then report their findings on immigrant and refugee youth, the affects of gender and sexuality, francophone disengagement in Canadian schools, rural youth and school cultures, aboriginal disengagement and recommitment, and the perceptions of parents and educators. Particularly interesting is a review of initiatives intended to redress youth and school disengagement and how those initiatives address personal and social issues in seeking to retain students. The narratives are well-chosen and effective in explaining why students feel compelled to leave school too soon.

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