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Exclusion from school is a major concern for teachers, parents and children, and features in government initiatives to tackle social exclusion. This book takes a broad look at exclusion, mapping the extent of exclusions and showing what factors can lead to children being excluded, whether permanently or informally, from school. The authors focus on various kinds of in-school alternatives to exclusion. They show how schools and teachers can make a difference to young people’s emotional and social development, as well as to their cognitive-intellectual development. For many children with difficulties in their families or communities, school can be a safe and supportive refuge. School is also much more than just the subjects
Ethos and Exclusions
Ethos and Exclusions
We are now a school which is ‘Promoting Positive Behaviour’ … the focus of the staff is now on the positive ethos in the classroom.
What is Ethos?
The dictionary defines ethos as ‘the guiding beliefs, standards or ideals that characterise or pervade a group, a community, a people …the spirit that motivates the ideas, customs or practices of a people (Websters, 1986). This definition is helpful because it highlights first of all the pervasive nature of ethos. In a school, ethos touches all aspects of its operation but its very pervasiveness means that it is hard to pin down. Ethos is so much part and parcel of the taken-for-granted about the way any school goes about its business that ...
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