Somebody Knows, Somebody Cares : Reengaging Students through Relationship / / edited by Kirsten Hutchison, Tricia McCann.

• HerausgeberIn: Hutchison, Kirsten.; McCann, Tricia.
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam : : SensePublishers :, Imprint: SensePublishers,, 2015.
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (v, 115 pages) :; illustrations.
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Somebody Knows, Somebody Cares: Reengaging Students through Relationship explores approaches to engaging young people in schooling through advocacy models of student support. In Australia, as in many nations, increasing social, cultural and linguistic diversity in school populations is producing complex challenges for education systems, schooling, teaching and learning. This book shares research informed insights into the multi-layered approaches required to support vulnerable students and sustain school-based mentoring programs. This edited collection covers theoretical and empirical perspectives on student disengagement from schooling through these key ideas: • The benefits of advocacy and mentoring programs on learning and school culture, particularly for students who are at risk of disconnection from learning. • Transforming schooling from the bottom up, by listening to students, teachers and principals and supporting educators in the development of situated and dynamic conditions for learning, through school-university partnerships. • The centrality of positive, caring teacher – student relationships, foregrounding emotional connection as a key component of effective learning, derived from the person-centred theory articulated by Carl Rogers. Written by a team of academics, teachers and school principals, Somebody Knows, Somebody Cares: Reengaging Students through Relationship is a valuable resource for teacher educators, principals, teachers, student welfare counsellors and counselling practitioners.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Kirsten Hutchison and Tricia McCann -- When One of the Teachers Smiles at Me / Bernie Neville , Kirsten Hutchison and Tricia McCann -- Backgrounding Advocacy / Bernie Neville -- Principles and Outcomes of the Advocacy Project / Tricia McCann and Brendan Schmidt -- Volatile and Vulnerable / Kirsten Hutchison -- ‘I Want Them to Listen to Me’ / Tricia McCann -- Running in Quicksand / Caroline Walta and Kirsten Hutchison -- You Can’t Do Advocacy for 15 Minutes a Day / Kirsten Hutchison and Don Collins -- Electronic Support for Advocacy / Stacia Beazley -- The Heart of Advocacy / Kirsten Hutchison and Bernie Neville.