Background Recent developments in policy concerned with raising achievement in schools
have given rise to work-based learning as a mechanism for dealing with disaffection …

In England, one in three 11–16-year-olds is said to illustrate poor behaviour (Sodha and
Guglielmi, 2009), while students at key stage 4 (14-16) who are not engaged in education …

This article presents the findings from research conducted on a work-related learning
programme for disengaged and disaffected 14-16-yearolds. The article begins by examining …

In addressing educational disengagement, government policy in England focuses primarily
on raising the age of educational participation, promoting vocationalism and directing …

This study investigated the hypothesis that offering vocational options in Year 10 can help
improve levels of educational engagement and subsequent outcomes among young people …

Adolescents continue to be at risk of disengaging from formal education, particularly in the
transition year from primary to secondary schooling. This is a critical time in their education …

Abstract Work-Related Learning (WRL) has been enthusiastically embraced by UK
governments since the 1990s as a means of reengaging learners in the final years of …

Attempts to understand the patterns behind student disengagement and early school leaving
have traditionally focussed on early school leavers' individual characteristics. More recently …

This book aims to present a reflective account of my own learning journey, which has its
origins in a small ethnographic study I carried out whilst managing a youth centre on a …

In any country, there is a group of students who are at risk of dropping out of school without
any qualifications. This is detrimental for many of those students, because failure to graduate …