Re-engaging Disconnected Youth

Transformative Learning through Restorative and Social Justice Education

von Amy Vatne Bintliff

164 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

As many young adults continue to disengage with learning each day, teachers and administrators struggle to find programming that re-engages secondary students with their schooling and communities. This book profiles one program that succeeds in doing so, and should serve as a model for others. In a Midwestern alternative school, three teachers built a curriculum around hands-on learning, restorative justice Talking Circles, and multicultural education, in the hopes that it would re-engage and inspire youth. Drawing on adult transformative learning theory, this book is an in-depth, qualitative study of the ways the program transformed adult and youth perceptions of trust, connections, schooling, and human rights. This book breaks down stereotypes about youth labeled «at-risk» and provides evidence that it is never too late to become passionate about learning.

• Reihe: Adolescent Cultures, School, and Society
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik / Erziehungswissenschaften Schulen und Vorschulen Weiterführende Schulen
• ISBN: 9781433110054
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 10.02.2011
• Größe: 21 x 14.8 cm
• Verlag: Peter Lang Publishing Inc. New York