Call for
Papers (Reminder): From Disengaged to
Re-engaged - Young People's Right to Education and Training
There are just 10 days left to submit your papers
on this topic!
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 next
year) for the next free and public edition of our On Line Journal
- new
Transitions.
YANQ is undertaking this Re-engagement project to challenge
governments and communities to lift their game when it comes to
supporting disengaged young people back into
education and training.
Read on for more details on submitting a paper or visit http://www.yanq.org.au/content/view/726/71/.
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?
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.
P.S.
Apologies for cross-posting.
 Youth
Affairs Network of Queensland
30 Thomas, WEST END Q 4101
Tel: (07) 3844 7713 Fax: (07) 3844 7731
Web:
http://www.yanq.org.au
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YANQ does not
represent, warrant and/or guarantee that the integrity of this
communication has
been maintained or that the communication is free of errors, virus,
interception
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