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Of Relevance To Our Study Is The Section Of The Report Concerned With ...

Of relevance to our study is the section of the report concerned with retention, as many young people drop out of education altogether after they complete school at 16. Again this raises the issue of disaffection amongst young people. Here are some of the challenges that the report highlighted:
Develop innovative measures to deal with irregular attendees and young people who are excluded; from\these identify and implement best practice
Address social exclusion by meeting the needs of groups such as young offenders who are vulnerable and less likely to participate in post 16 learning
Approaches must be tailored to the interests and inclinations of the young person and could include citizenship training and employer focused learning
The impact of helping these groups extends beyond the young person and benefits families and communities
CONCLUSIONS
Section 1 provided an overview of the proposed research topic. A number of issues were raised and examined. Disaffection is a multi-faceted concept and the causes of it can be sourced both in the school environment and outside in the family home and the local neighbourhood.
Section 2 raised the issue of how a great deal of educational research fails to be actioned. That is, many of the recommendations produced by a wide range of projects fail to have any impact on improving the performance of teachers and pupils in the classroom.
Section 2 also provided a review of methodologies and concluded that research will have a much better chance of gaining improvements in the classroom and combating the problems caused by disaffection, if the key stakeholders are involved in the investigation process.
Section 3 provided a literature review. The causes of and problems caused by disaffection are well documented. Government agencies and policy makers have initiated a wide range of measures to combat the wasteful effects of disaffection among a wide cross section of young people in the UK.
RECOMMENDATIONS
It is recommended that the research should concentrate on investigating the causes of disaffection among 14 to 16 year olds in a school in the Tameside area of Manchester.
The objectives of the project would be as follows:
To identify and understand the reasons why pupils (aged 14 to 16) are disaffected.
Review the school's policies and procedures to combat disaffection and critically evaluate their success to-date with regard to resolving this issue.
Formulate an action plan which will equip the teaching staff to recognise and deal more effectively with the problems caused by disaffection.
Provide those pupils who are recognised as being disaffected with new opportunities to become more actively involved and owners of their learning process.
In order for the intended research project to be successful, the above objectives must meet the requirements of the SMART criteria.


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