What if ....? Exclusion

Synopsis

Professor Ted Wragg conducts an imaginary case study with eight expert panellists. They have to decide whether they will exclude a primary pupil who bites; a teenage girl who wilfully ignores the dress code and a Rastafarian student who both smokes and fights to uphold his position as leader of a gang. The panellists investigate at what point a school should decide to exclude and how much weight can be given to extenuating circumstances. They discuss the scenario where teachers refuse to have a pupil in their classes upon his return from exclusion.

Panelists include: Rachel Macfarlane, head of Walthamstow School for Girls;
Richard Rieser, director of Disability Equality in Education; Easter Russell, an exclusions officer, and Ron Haycock from the National Union of Teachers.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Year of production

2004

Subjects

Education; Social welfare

Keywords

discipline in schools; schoolchildren; teacher training

Online availability

URI

http://www.teachers.tv/strandProgramme.do?strandId=3&transmissionProgrammeId=210919

Price

30 minutes

Delivery

Streamed/Download

Distributor

Name

Teachers’ TV

Email

info@teachers.tv

Web

http://www.teachers.tv/ External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7182 7430

Address

6-18 Berners Street
London
W1T 3LN

Notes

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