David Thore Gravesen is a Research Programme Director at the Research Centre for Pedagogy and Education at VIA University College, Denmark. Kaz Stuart is Director of the Centre for Research in Health and Society at the University of Cumbria, UK. Mette Bunting is Head of the Department of Educational Science at the University of South-Eastern Norway. Sidse Hølvig Mikkelsen is Associate Professor at VIA University College, Denmark. Peter Hornbæk Frostholm is Associate Professor at VIA University College, Denmark.

• PART I. BACKGROUND DISCUSSIONS, THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ACCOUNTS Chapter 1. Bringing people together. An introduction to the book, the project and the research behind it; David Thore Gravesen, Sidse Hølvig Mikkelsen, and Peter Hornbæk FrostholmChapter 2. Social cultural learning: students as co-researchers, a key for students’ success?; Mette Bunting, Sidse Hølvig Mikkelsen, and Paul CammackChapter 3. The context of early school leavers; Kaz Stuart, Mette Bunting, Sidse Hølvig Mikkelsen, and Geir H. Moshuus Chapter 4. Equalities literacy framework; Kaz Stuart and David Thore Gravesen Chapter 5. The indirect approach – the basics, the craft and the ethics; Peter Hornbæk Frostholm and Steve Walker PART 2. EMPIRICAL FINDINGS, NARRATIVES AND ANALYTICAL TAKES Chapter 6. The importance of the student-teacher relationship; Mette Bunting and Kristin Jota Chapter 7. The educational potential of the arts for at-risk-students; Marie Møller-Skau Chapter 8. Social exclusion in school - a view on vulnerability in a context based-perspective; Camilla Josephine Haven Pagh and Mette Elgaard Dyrholm Chapter 9. The one and only civilised way through education; Annemette Lund KjærChapter 10. Young voices about inclusive education; Kathrine Bordevich, Mette Bunting, and Ingrid Gulseth BergeChapter 11. Educational deprivation in Blackpool in the UK; Kaz Stuart, Deborah Terras, and Tracy Cow Chapter 12. ‘Done with’ not ‘Done to’. Confronting marginalization by engaging in conversations with young people; Steve Walker and Mette Bunting Chapter 13. The importance of families and social relations outside school; David Thore Gravesen, Sidse Hølvig Mikkelsen, Peter Hornbæk Frostholm, and Josefine Mark Raunkjær PART 3. IMPLICATIONS AND POTENTIALS FOR FUTURE PRACTICE Chapter 14. A broader view at marginalization – and the steps towards change; David Thore Gravesen, Kaz Stuart, and Mette Bunting Chapter 15. Now what? Practical implications for higher education; Sidse Hølvig Mikkelsen and David Thore Gravesen Chapter 16. A love letter of sorts; Michelle Fine