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Smyth, John; McInerney, Peter – Journal of Educational Administration and History, 2012
This paper examines the complex constellation of conditions that turn many young people into "exiles" from schooling. From the vantage point of young people, the paper traces out a profile of the conditions that need to be brought into existence for these young people to find a way back into learning. The paper argues that current…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Environment, Quality of Life, Neoliberalism
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Henry, Kimberly L.; Slater, Michael D. – Journal of School Health, 2007
Background: The school is a primary context for social interaction, cultivation of interpersonal skills, formation of peer groups, self-expression, and development of self. Several studies have demonstrated that the social context of the school has important implications for determining the likelihood that an adolescent will follow a prosocial…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Junior High School Students, Middle School Students, Social Environment