Surviving, Thriving and Reviving in Adolescence Research and Narratives from the School for Student Leadership /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dyson, Michael (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Plunkett, Margaret (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Child development.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Learning.; Instruction.; Early Childhood Education.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.; Learning & Instruction.

This research-based book focuses on the development and evolution of the School for Student Leadership (SSL), an alternate and unique residential school for year-nine students, operating in Victoria, Australia. It traces the journey of the SSL, a state secondary school, from a single campus in 2000,...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 The Journey Begins
• Chapter 2 A Chronological History of the School
• Chapter 3 A Narrative Account of the Research Journey
• Chapter 4 Choice Theory, Relationships and Community
• Chapter 5 The Student Perspective
• Chapter 6 The Teacher Perspective
• Chapter 7 The Parent Perspective
• Chapter 8 The School Council's Perspective
• Chapter 9 A Contemporary Rite of Passage into Adulthood
• Chapter 10 Experimenting with Time: The Five-Week Program
• Chapter 11 Experimenting with Place: The China Project
• Concluding Summary.