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Klappentext Addresses strategies and models of immersive teaching and learning that lead to successful schooling outcomes for the least advantaged students. Zusammenfassung Engaging the Disengaged addresses strategies of immersive teaching. Drawing together a range of experts! the book explores how various differences can alienate students! and examines challenges faced by schools in diverse settings. It also offers ideas for engaging students in subjects such as mathematics! physical education and the arts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword: are the engaged really engaged? Shirley Steinberg; Introduction: exclusion: a habit that's hard to kick Roger Slee; Part I. The Digital Divide as a Tool for Inclusion: 1. Accommodating new learning in different school cultures Greg Neal; 2. Technology and social inclusion: rethinking the digital divide Nicola Yelland; Part II. Engagement in the Early Years: 3. The early years: reconnecting families with preschool education Andrea Nolan; Part III. Curriculum-Based Engagement: 4. Arts education: do the arts really matter? Tarquam McKenna; 5. Bringing joy and success to students and teachers through student-centered teaching of mathematics Colleen Vale and Sharon Livy; 6. Physical education: promoting healthy living in the classroom Anthony Watt; 7. Literacy: who needs books? There not 'kewl' Mark Vicars; Part IV. Agents of Change and Student Wellbeing: 8. Fostering collaborative partnerships: one school's approach Marcelle Cacciattolo; 9. Natural environments for learning: effecting change in classrooms and the community Cathryn Carpenter and Peter Burridge; 10. Sexualities: gays and lesbians as outsiders? Mark Vicars and Tarquam McKenna; 11. Indigenous Australia: ontologies, epistemologies and pedagogies Davina Woods; 12. Positive education: pathways to achieving social and academic success Jeanne Carroll and Marcelle Cacciattolo; Conclusion: Creating purposeful, optimistic learning engagements Tarquam McKenna....
