Alternative provision free schools: Educational fireworks or sparks of optimism for excluded young people?

Hope, Max A.

Abstract

For those of us who have spent our professional lives working alongside children and young people who are disaffected with education, re-imagining education — or more specifically, re-imagining schools — is crucial. Could it be possible for the state education system to meet the needs of all children and young people, regardless of their gender, ethnicity, ability, sexual orientation or looked-after status? Could schools be changed so that all children and young people were offered curricula and pedagogy that were relevant, inspiring and engaging? Could the education system as a whole be designed in such a way to meet the needs of all, so that none became disengaged, disaffected or disruptive?

Citation

Hope, M. A. (2015). Alternative provision free schools: Educational fireworks or sparks of optimism for excluded young people?. In C. Cooper, S. Gormally, & G. Hughes (Eds.), Socially just, radical alternatives for education and youth work practice (107-126). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137393593_6

• Publication Date: Oct 12, 2015
• Deposit Date: Jun 10, 2019
• Journal: Socially Just, Radical Alternatives for Education and Youth Work Practice
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Pages: 107-126
• Book Title: Socially just, radical alternatives for education and youth work practice
• ISBN: 9781349572847; 9781137393586
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137393593_6
• Keywords: Young people; Education system; Local authority; Community worker; Coalition government
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/1963227
• Publisher URL: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9781137393593_6