Description: This is a comprehensive compendium of school belonging research from expert contributors. We bring you the latest empirical research and discourse on school belonging drawn from the scientific peer-reviewed literature. This book has a strong applied and functional purpose in schools.
Brief description:
Kelly-Ann Allen, Ph.D. (2015), Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne, is an endorsed Educational and Developmental Psychologist and Fellow of the University of Melbourne. She is nationally and internationally recognised both as a researcher and practitioner in social connectedness and school belonging and for her translation of this expertise within educational and community contexts. Dr. Allen has published extensively in the field of school belonging, including School Belonging in Adolescents: Theory, Research, and Practice (Springer, 2017).
Christopher Boyle, Ph.D. (2009), Dundee, is based at the Graduate School of Education, University of Exeter. He is an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology and the Director of Doctoral Studies. Professor Boyle has been an education and psychology practitioner for over 20 years and has published extensively in the areas of educational psychology and inclusive education.
Review Quotes: This book should be key reading for students of education, for teachers and pastoral staff, school and college leadership teams, including SENDCos, and for education policymakers at all levels of government.
- Dominic Griffiths, Manchester Metropolitan University, Support for Learning, 35 (1), 121-122
There is repeated recognition in this book of the need to question the universal validity of theory derived from a limited community. If only such humility were more commonly found. In consequence the book, which inevitably is almost entirely derived from work in national systems, forms a rich resource and a valuable tool for any practitioner or researcher in international education.
- Richard Pearce, International Education Consultant, in Journal of Research in International Education, 19(2), 176-179