Abgehängte Jugendliche wieder einbinden: Transformatives Lernen durch restaurative und sozialgerechte Bildung

Author/Contributor(s):	DeVitis, Joseph L ; Irwin-DeVitis, Linda ; Bintliff, Amy Vatne
Publisher:	Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Date:	01/12/2011
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

As many young adults continue to disengage with learning each day, teachers and administrators struggle to find programming that re-engages secondary students with their schooling and communities. This book profiles one program that succeeds in doing so, and should serve as a model for others. In a Midwestern alternative school, three teachers built a curriculum around hands-on learning, restorative justice Talking Circles, and multicultural education, in the hopes that it would re-engage and inspire youth. Drawing on adult transformative learning theory, this book is an in-depth, qualitative study of the ways the program transformed adult and youth perceptions of trust, connections, schooling, and human rights. This book breaks down stereotypes about youth labeled «at-risk» and provides evidence that it is never too late to become passionate about learning.