| Description |
1 online resource (263 pages) |
| Contents |
Alternative schools in the United States: Understanding the landscape / Gavin Tierney -- Alternative education in the South Korean policy context / Chulkyung Yoon and Jungwon Kim -- Alternative provision in England: Problematizing quality and vulnerability / Jodie Pennacchia and Pat Thomson -- Alternative schooling in Australia: Policy and practice / Martin Mills and Glenda McGregor -- Alternative schooling for disadvantaged young people in Indonesia / Ila Rosmilawati, Carol Reid, and David Wright -- Free school systems in Denmark / Lars Erik Storgaard and Maren Skotte -- Flexi-learning in Australia: The Youth+ approach / Dale Murray -- Leadership in flexi-schools: Issues of race and racism in Australia / Marnee Shay -- Haedoji School: Supporting refugees in South Korea / Sujin Yoon and Myungsook Cho -- Making the difference in a primary SEBN Scottish school / Leanne Hepburn -- Making the difference in a Scottish SEBN secondary school / Terri Dwyer -- Waldorf education in Germany / Wulf Saggau -- Holistic Community College in Australia / Richard Waters -- Den fri Hestehaveskole in Denmark / Annegrete Zobbe, Vibeke Helms, Trine Martens, and Thilde Graulund, Rikke Rasmussen, with contributions by Niels Nielsen -- Alternative education in Germany: Influencing the mainstream? / Anne Sliwka and Britta Klopsch -- What can a socially just approach to education learn from alternative schools? / Martin Mills and Gillean McCluskey |
| Summary |
The book explores alternative forms of schooling from the position of academics, policy workers and those working and studying in such schools. Accounts of first-hand experience working and leading in alternative schools or at policy level across eight national contexts bring alive their strengths and the challenges that can arise |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Alternative education -- Cross-cultural studies
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Alternative education.
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Alternative education
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| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
McCluskey, Gillean
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| ISBN |
9781858568812 |
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1858568811 |
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