Social Class Gender and Exclusion from School

<p>Rising exclusion rates indicate the continuing marginalisation of many young people in education in the UK. Working-class boys children living in poverty and children with additional/special educational needs are among those experiencing a disproportionate rate of exclusion. This book traces the processes of exclusion and alienation from school and relates this to a changing social and economic context. </p><p>Jean Kane argues that policy on schooling including curricular reform needs to be re-connected to the broad political pursuit of social justice and presents compelling case studies of excluded pupils showing the multi-faceted identities of pupils with a particular focus on masculine and feminine identities. </p><p>This invaluable contribution to the literature offers an alternative analysis where the social identities of pupils are shown to be tied up with their exclusion from school. Themes investigated include:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>the meanings of school exclusions</li> <li>social class gender and schooling</li> <li>social identities of excluded pupils</li> <li>negotiating identities in school: moving towards exclusion</li> <li>exclusions and young people’s lives</li> <li>improving participation in schooling.</li> </ul><p>Providing fascinating reading for teachers social workers researchers and policy-makers this book considers how educational disadvantage might be addressed through recognition of the gender and class identities of pupils.</p>