In and Out of School

Roger White and David Brockington

• New Preface to the Reissue. Preface. Acknowledgements. Abbreviations. Introduction: Setting the Scene. Part One: The ROSLA Project 1. The Fifth-Form College Club 2. A Theory of Approach 3. One Year with a Group Part Two: Towards a Survival Curriculum 4. Expressiveness 5. Participation 6. Self-Sufficiency and Self-Reliance 7. Situations, Vacant Part Three: Resources 8. ROSLA Project Resources: A Do-It-Yourself Guide 9. A Programme for Teacher and Social Worker Training 10. Summary. Appendix 1: Advice on Courses, Approaches and Materials for Use with Groups. Appendix 2: What They Say: Comments by ‘Graduates’ from the ROSLA Project.

Reviews for the original edition:'Good books on education – and there are not too many around – may be either interesting, provocative or soundly academic. Rarely are they all three. Even more rarely as in the case of In and Out of School are they also exciting.’ – Cyril Poster, Youth in Society‘This book will give welcome reassurance to those of us who want to help schools change for the better without destroying their present virtues … an entertaining and thought-provoking book to read.’ – Dr W. A. Gatherer, Education.‘The case histories of boys and girls recorded here are utterly convincing.’ – Colin Ward, New Society‘The authors’ radical assumptions and goals gain credence from their practical … and above all realistic approach … especially valuable at a time of cutbacks and reactionary trends in education. As profitable for all social workers concerned with the young as for those in education.’ – Time Out‘When you read In and Out of School … you feel sorry for the thousands of schoolchildren whom 11 years of compulsory education have labelled “failures”.’ – Daily Telegraph