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Student mobility: moving beyond deficit views

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2016

Robyn Henderson
Robyn Henderson*
Affiliation:
School of Education, James Cook University
*
School of Education, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811. Email: Robyn.Henderson@jcu.edu.au
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Abstract

This paper discusses issues that relate to student mobility and implications for teachers and guidance officers. Whilst there has been a tendency to locate problems associated with mobility in the children themselves or in their families, it is argued that this is not a particularly productive approach. Taking lessons from recent literacy understandings and using data from a study about the children of itinerant fruit pickers, this paper takes a broader perspective, recommending that school personnel widen their focus to include an examination of school practices and to consider equity implications for mobile students.

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Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools , Volume 11 , November 2001 , pp. 121 - 130
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2001

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