Managing and Improving School Attendance and Behaviour : New Approaches and Initiatives (Hardcover)

Managing and improving school attendance and behaviour: new approaches and initiatives Ken Reid Introduction Ken Reid 1. Truancy and well-being among secondary school pupils in England Gaynor Attwood and Paul Croll 2. What predicts disaffection in Irish primary schools? Merike Darmody and Maeve Thornton 3. Pupil absenteeism and the educational psychologist H.C.M. (Tim) Carroll 4. Truancy: a look at definitions in the USA and other territories Carolyn Gentle-Genitty, Isaac Karikari, Haiping Chen, Eric Wilka and Jangmin Kim 5. Rebuilding attendance practices with youth: the role of social mediation Renira E. Vellos and Jennifer A. Vadeboncoeur 6. Aggression in primary schools: the predictive power of the school and home environment Ana Kozina 7. Constructing bullying in Ontario, Canada: a critical policy analysis Sue Winton and Stephanie Tuters 8. Working with schools in identifying and overcoming emotional barriers to learning Poppy Nash and Annette Schlosser 9. Some possible effects of behaviour management training on teacher confidence and competence: evidence from a study of primary school teachers in Hong Kong Paul Cooper and Zi Yan 10. Promoting resilience through adversity: increasing positive outcomes for expelled students Nadia Coleman 11. Factors affecting successful reintegration David Vittle Thomas 12. The relationship between ethnic diversity and classroom disruption in the context of migration policies Gert-Jan M. Veerman