Disaffection from School?

Gill Barrett

Acknowledgements. Preface Neville Jones. Introduction Gill Barrett Part 1: Learning to be Disaffected 1. A Child’s Eye View of Schooling Gill Barrett 2. Deliver Us from Eagles Annabel Dixon Part 2: Classrooms as Contexts for Disaffection 3. Teachers’ Perspectives on Disaffection Gill Barrett 4. Creativity and the Infant Classroom Anne Saunders 5. The Context of Children’s Learning: An Historical Perspective Clem Adelman Part 3: Home, School and the Community 6. Being a Disaffected Parent John Schostak 7. ‘They’re too Young to Notice’: Young Children and Racism Ian Menter 8. School Ethos and the Individual within a Community Val Wood Part 4: Learning and Knowing: Policy and Practice 9. ‘School Starts at Five…or Four Years Old?’ The Rationale for Changing Admission Policies in England and Wales Martin Woodhead 10. Needs of Teacher Education for Early Years Teaching Peter Heaslip 11. Conditions for Disaffection Gill Barrett. Notes on Contributors. Index.