Education exists within a complex and changing world and many learners face a variety of risk factors – conditions, circumstances, situations, or events – that threaten to negatively impact upon their development and achievement. These factors include disability, race, gender, poverty, violence, and natural disasters. It is adversities such as these that this book addresses – what they are, how they impact on learners, and how to successfully address them. Uniquely, Overcoming Adversity in Education takes an international approach, with structured chapters by experts from around the world, to inform successful local practices. The book explains why understanding adversity in education is so important, and explores, through practical case studies, ways in which individuals, institutions, and cultures/societies can help create positive outcomes for learners. The reader will find, and be able to draw upon, exemplars of practice that illustrate the principles of creating and implementing successful proactive approaches, interventions, and coping strategies.
Author(s): Andrew J. Hollimanl, Kieron Sheehy
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 290
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of figures
List of tables
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
Overcoming adversity in education: challenges and opportunities in a complex and changing world
1 How neuroscience can help to overcome adversity in education
2 Language difficulties and education
3 Overcoming literacy difficulties in education
4 Promoting positive educational outcomes for children and young people with sensory impairments through a dual approach to access
5 Adaptability and educational transitions
6 How might domestic violence prevent a child from fulfilling their academic potential?
7 The home learning environment as a means to overcome adversities in education
8 Overcoming adversity from large-scale crises and disasters
9 Overcoming bullying in education
10 Helping those who don’t fit: impacts, causes, and solutions for students who don’t feel like they belong at school
11 Overcoming adversity for disabled students in higher education in Indonesia
12 Widening participation in higher education
13 Childhood stress in education
14 The SENCO’s role in overcoming school adversity for children with special educational needs
15 A cross-cultural perspective of children’s mental health in school: an exacerbated issue during the COVID-19 pandemic
16 Overcoming school adversity for LGBT+ students
17 Eliminating hate in colleges/schools of education to build multicultural communities
18 Indigenous (Aboriginal, First Nations) students overcoming academic adversity: the roles of educational resilience, motivation and engagement, and teacher–student relationships
19 Overcoming adversity for marginalised adolescent girls in Zimbabwe
20 Open schooling to empower Brazilian teachers: emancipatory fun in education for a sustainable innovation ecosystem
21 The Academic and Cultural Demands-Resources (ACD-R) framework: supporting the academic development of culturally and ethnically diverse students
22 A multidimensional perspective on adversity: from peace to understanding
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