The Democratic Climate of the School

Emer Smyth

Chapter Chapter 5 in Students' Experiences and Perspectives on Secondary Education, 2016, pp 115-143 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Smyth presents new material on the discrepancy in the level of autonomy afforded to young people at school and at home. The cohort of young people studied were leading increasingly adult lives outside school, a lifestyle facilitated by the then economic boom which gave them the disposable income for nights out drinking and even access to their own cars. At the same time, the nature of the school system meant that they adopted an ambiguous child-adult role while at school. Young people felt they had little formal input into the key aspects of school life which impacted on them. A central theme in young people’s accounts was the need for reciprocity of respect between teachers and students, with lack of respect seen as fuelling student misbehaviour and disengagement from the school context. In contrast to the growing emphasis on ‘student voice’ in the research literature, these young people felt they had no voice and were effectively silenced.

Keywords: Young People; Pastoral Care; Park Street; Guidance Counsellor; Student Voice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-49385-9_5

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