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Roome, Tim; Soan, C. A. – Pastoral Care in Education, 2019
In the UK education system, an 'audit culture' has led to pressures being placed on students to achieve high grades in their GCSEs. It has been suggested that schools are required to achieve good academic results and look after their students' wellbeing, causing a conflict in relation to public examinations, such as GCSEs. School staff support…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Secondary School Students, Exit Examinations
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Woodiwiss, Jo – Pastoral Care in Education, 2018
In May 2012, nine men from Rochdale were convicted and jailed for grooming girls with alcohol, drugs and gifts before forcing them to have sex with multiple men. Following the case in Rochdale similar cases of grooming and sexual abuse/exploitation of young girls came to light in various towns and cities across the UK. In 2017, the BBC aired the…
Descriptors: Females, Sexual Abuse, Rape, Victims of Crime
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Dillon, Jade; Pratt, Sophie – Pastoral Care in Education, 2019
The mental health and well-being of young people and the accessibility of appropriate support is an increasingly salient matter in society. As mental health difficulties can disrupt education, providing pastoral care within education is mandatory within the UK, with established pathways for schools to seek specialist support from external…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Mental Health, Health Personnel, Student Welfare
Boulton, Michael John – Pastoral Care in Education, 2014
Bullying affects a substantial proportion of school pupils, and peer counselling services have been established to help tackle this problem. The present study aimed to further the understanding of why affected pupils do or do not choose to utilise this form of social support. Pupils ("N" = 99, aged 12-16 years) from the UK were asked…
Descriptors: High School Students, Bullying, Peer Counseling, Foreign Countries
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Hickman, M.; Collins, D. – Pastoral Care in Education, 2014
Outdoor practitioners widely embed reflective practice (RP) into the delivery of experiential education, but its contribution to their continued professional development remains under developed; by default, claims of its worth to the experiential education, they deliver must be approached with caution. Although the value of RP has been established…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Outdoor Education, Vocational Education, Experiential Learning