{"product_id":"dropping-out-drifting-off-being-joseph-l-devitis-9780820455075","title":"'Dropping Out', Drifting Off, Being Excluded: Becoming Somebody Without School","description":"This book deals with one of the most urgent, damaging, and complex issues affecting young lives and contemporary society in general - the escalating high school dropout rate. Though against the wishes of teachers and school administrators, young people's decision to leave school is usually made under circumstances that provide little time or space for discussion. This book provides a disturbing account of how students' voices are over-ridden - lost in the imposition of curriculum and the rush to impose testing, accountability, and management regimes on schools. \u003ci\u003e'Dropping Out', Drifting Off, Being Excluded\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the complex stories that surround identity formation in young lives and the interactive trouble as young people struggle to be heard within inhospitable schools and an equally unhelpful education system.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph L. DeVitis,John Smyth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820455075\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820455075\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51d","brand":"Joseph L. DeVitis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47473936957695,"sku":"9780820455075","price":42.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ff93d3f6-ba59-414a-a609-6a206e51da7b.jpg?v=1762313897","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dropping-out-drifting-off-being-joseph-l-devitis-9780820455075","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}