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Giving up on School
Student Dropouts and Teacher Burnouts
- Margaret Diane LeCompte - University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
- Anthony Gary Dworkin
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At-Risk Students
At-Risk Students
November 1991 | 312 pages | Corwin
Students aren't just dropping out of school, they're dumping it. Teachers aren't just quitting, they're running. Each group may blame the other, but they're running from the same problems, not each other. Both are victims of the alienation process that prevails in schools and is cultivated by conditions within the school, the community, and society at large.
According to the authors, attempts to decrease dropouts and burnouts have failed because reformers have approached them as two distinct problems. The root causes are the same in each and "mandate an immediate and drastic reappraisal".
Giving Up on School is the culmination of years of sociological and anthropolgical research in school settings. The authors offer a compelling portrait of those who "turn off, tune out, and drop out" and then propose changes - both modest and not-so-modest - to reverse the trend.
Introduction
The Contemporary Context of Cultural Expectations
Turned Off, Tuned Out, Dropped Out
Creating Failure: Why Students Drop Out
The Who and Why of Teacher Burnout
To Quit or Not to Quit
Alienation and Schools
Giving up on Schools: A Process Model
Why School Reforms Fail
Conclusion: Some Modest and Not So Modest Proposals