Law and Order and School: Daily Life in an Educational Program for Juvenile Delinquents

A powerful look at the state of juvenile justice agency and its effect on the students it serves.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Students and Teachers 3. The Market System of Merit 4. Curriculum Units of Exchange 5. Student Reaction to the Market System 6. Teachers and the Market System 7. Measurement 8. Conclusions Notes References Index

Summary

What do students learn? What do teachers teach? What educational and rehabilitative goals are embedded in official and unofficial policy? This book presents an examination of education within the juvenile justice system. It can open your eyes to how we educate some of our neediest children.

Product details

• Authors: Shira Birnbaum
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2001
• EAN: 9781566398701
• ISBN: 978-1-56639-870-1
• No. of pages: 197
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 249 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Special education