Empowering Engagement Creating Learning Opportunities for Students from Challenging Backgrounds /

• Main Authors: Ng, Clarence (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Bartlett, Brendan (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Elliott, Stephen N. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Child psychology.; School psychology.; Educational policy.; Education and state.; Social work.; Child and School Psychology.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Social Work.

This book examines promoting engagement for children and adolescents from challenging contexts or who are dealing with challenging conditions. The volume concentrates on three vulnerable groups: marginalized youths who have experienced repeated exclusion and sought their second chance in alternative...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Engaging in Learning: The Challenges and Consequences for Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds
• Chapter 2. Indicators and Facilitators of Engagement: Going Beyond Linear Thinking
• Chapter 3. Access and Opportunity to Learn: Essentials for Academic Engagement
• Chapter 4. 'Opportunity to Connect': Social Skills as Engagement Agents
• Chapter 5. 'Opportunity to Read': Student Voice as a Reading Engagement Enabler
• Chapter 6. 'Opportunity to Aspire': Promoting Mathematics Engagement and Aspiration for Challenging Mathematics
• Chapter 7. 'Opportunity to Flourish': Reconnecting Pedagogy for Youths Out-of-School and Out-of-Work
• Chapter 8. 'Opportunity to Re-engage': Alternative Education Programs and Pathways for Youths who 'Don't Fit'
• Chapter 9. Engagement for What Purpose? Engagement Towards What Outcome? Empowering Engagement for Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds. .