Problem Girls: Understanding and Supporting Troubled and Troublesome Girls and Y

Description: Problem Girls by Gwynedd Lloyd The author of this book uses a perspective, which recognises current thinking about emotional and behavioural difficulties but crucially acknowledges the gender-specific difficulties faced by girls and young women. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This book explores the issues surrounding girls and young women who are seen as troubled or troublesome. It sets out to further our understanding of young women who face or cause difficulties, offering a diverse and complex view. Recognising the increasing importance of schools as the primary source of support for girls and young women, the chapters discuss the implications for practice of teachers and other professionals, covering important issues like: girls classroom behaviour mental health problems violence and sexuality exclusion and community offences. By presenting a range of theoretical perspectives, readers of this book will be encouraged to reflect on what underpins the actions of girls and young women and take their voices seriously. It will be essential reading for practitioners and professionals in Education, as well as students and academics in the field. Author Biography Gwynedd Lloyd is Senior Lecturer at Moray House Institute of Education, Univeristy of Edinburgh Table of Contents Introduction: Why We Need a Book about Problem Girls 1. Not Knowing their Place: Girls Classroom Behaviour 2. Feeling Under Pressure: Low-Income Girls Negotiating School Life 3. Girls Mental Health Problems: Often Hidden, Sometimes Unrecognised 4. Exploring the Psychological Landscape of Problem Girls: Embodiment, Relationship and Agency 5. Violent Girls: Same or Different from Other Girls 6. Growing Up Mean: Covert Aggression and the Policing of Girlhood 7. The Trouble With Sex: Sexuality and Subjectivity in the Lives of Teenage Girls 8. Black Femininities Go to School: How Young Black Females Navigate Race and Gender 9. Girls in Trouble in the Child Welfare and Criminal Justice System 10. EBD Girls: A Critical View 11. I Was Never Really There: Reflecting on Girls Non-Participation in School 12. Engaging Girls Voices: Learning as Social Practice 13. "My Special Little House": Reforming the Risky Geographies of Middle School Girls at Clifftop College. Afterword: Problem Girls - A Complex Picture Review This book offers a wealth of evidence regarding the need for change in schooling as well as some good positive strategies for the direction that might be taken. - Youth&Policy"I found the whole book a fascinating read, and one that I believe would be essential reading for practitioners and professionals in education, as well as students and academics in the field." - NASEN Journal, 2011Problem Girls confirms how misleading it is to generalise about disaffected students drawing solely on boys experiences...This book deserves to be widely read by teachers and policy-makers alike. - Audrey Hosler, TES 29 July 2005 Review Quote This book offers a wealth of evidence regarding the need for change in schooling as well as some good positive strategies for the direction that might be taken.- Youth&Policy "I found the whole book a fascinating read, and one that I believe would be essential reading for practitioners and professionals in education, as well as students and academics in the field." - NASEN Journal, 2011 Details ISBN0415303141 Short Title PROBLEM GIRLS Language English ISBN-10 0415303141 ISBN-13 9780415303149 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2005 Imprint Routledge Subtitle Understanding and Supporting Troubled and Troublesome Girls and Young Women Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Gwynedd Lloyd Author Gwynedd Lloyd Edition 1st Illustrations black & white illustrations Affiliation University of Edinburgh, UK DOI 10.1604/9780415303149 UK Release Date 2005-04-07 AU Release Date 2005-04-07 NZ Release Date 2005-04-07 Pages 216 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Publication Date 2005-04-07 Alternative 9780415303132 DEWEY 371.93 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:134415990;

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