School and community /

School and Community discusses a research project that surveys the role of the school in the community as seen by students and their parents and community agencies. It identifies several factors that influence the conceptions and attitudes of students and parents towards education and in particular,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lindsay, Catherine
Corporate Authors: ScienceDirect (Online service), Great Britain. Scottish Education Department
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Pergamon Press, 1968?]
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; School and Community; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER 1. Aims and Objects; CHAPTER 2. The Area of the Study; The Schools; School Staff Involvement; Survey Methods; CHAPTER 3. Pupils and Their Parents; Home Backgrounds; Ability and Attainment; Work Ambitions; CHAPTER 4. Attitudes to School; General Public; Parents; Teachers; Pupils; CHAPTER 5. Communications and Contact; Parents and School; Implications of Contact; The Report Card; Failure in Communication and Contact; CHAPTER 6. Two Hundred Boys; Health and Well-being; Interests and Activities.
  • Loyalty and Admired AttributesAttitudes to Authority; CHAPTER 7. Groups of Boys; Delinquents and Non-delinquents; Good and Bad School Attenders in the Middle Stream; Achievers and Non-Achievers; Leavers and Non-leavers from Certificate Courses; CHAPTER 8. Social Agencies; Contact with Agencies; Welfare; School Attendance; Behaviour Control; Occupations; Vocational Guidance; Records and Reports; CHAPTER 9. Summary of Salient Points; Appendix: Diary of Events; BIBLIOGRAPHY.