As part of its Re-Engagement project the Youth Affairs Network of Queensland is seeking papers that address the topic of From Disengaged to Re-engaged - Young People's Right to Education & Training. We invite you to submit a paper (by February 22 2008 for the next free and public edition of our
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What’s involved?
The Topic: From Disengaged to Re-Engaged
We are interested in papers that discuss this topic from a range of perspectives. For example, you may wish to respond to the following questions (or make up your own):
What are we doing now with individual young people out of school that is or is not working? Why does/doesn't it work?
If we know what works, why aren't we doing it everywhere? And should youth workers & youth services get more involved in advocacy to make sure that 'what works' is available to young people everywhere? Are our expectations of what disengaged young people can do too low? And if so, how does this affect our practice? What are the structural forces that push or pull young people out of education too early and, more importantly, what can we do to overcome them?
Do we need new policies or practices to prevent disengagement in the first place?
Are 'flexi-schools' the answer? If so, how do we avoid creating a '2nd-best' system for marginalised young people? And how do they relate to 'mainstream' schools?
What role do mainstream schools play in disengagement? What role should they play in re-engagement?
Is 'what works' for young women different to what works for young Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders and different again to what works for young people from the Pacific or South Sea Islands? Is there anything about 'what works' that is the same for each of these four groups?
Are we focusing on the wrong topic? Is 'disengagement' a red herring that diverts our attention from more fundamental injustices?
Photographer: Athena
Submission Details
Papers must be submitted by no later than February 22, 2008. The next edition of new Transitions will be published on YANQ's website in March 2008.
Papers should be targeted at a general (non-academic) readership and can be anywhere between 1000 and 3000 words in length (negotiable). All articles submitted will be reviewed by the editorial committee. Articles may be accepted for publication, returned for revision or rejected. The editorial committee's decision is final.
Previously published articles will be considered.
Submissions can be e-mailed to transitions@yanq.org.au in either either Open Document (e.g. using OpenOffice.org) or MS Word 97-2003 formats. For further submission guidelines visit: http://www.yanq.org.au/content/view/486/58/
For more information contact YANQ on (07) 3844 7713 / 1800 177 899, e-mail ndo@yanq.org.au or visit http://www.yanq.org.au/reengage.
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