Challenging Dominant Views on Student Behaviour at School Answering

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llenging Dominant Views on Student Behaviour at School Answering Back

Challenging Dominant Views on Student Behaviour at School

Anna Sullivan • Bruce Johnson • Bill Lucas Editors

Challenging Dominant Views on Student Behaviour at School Answering Back

Editors Anna Sullivan School of Education University of South Australia Adelaide, SA, Australia

Bruce Johnson School of Education University of South Australia Adelaide, SA, Australia

Bill Lucas University of South Australia Adelaide, SA, Australia

ISBN 978-981-10-0626-5 ISBN 978-981-10-0628-9 DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-0628-9

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Acknowledgments

This edited book is an outcome of the Behaviour at School Study. We would like to acknowledge the financial support of Australian Research Council Linkage Scheme (LP110100317) and the following partner organisations who contributed funds and/ or in-kind support to the Behaviour at School Study: • • • • • • •

Department for Education and Child Development South Australia Catholic Education South Australia Association of Independent Schools South Australia South Australian Secondary Principals Association Association of Principals of Catholic Secondary Schools, South Australia South Australian Primary Principals Association South Australian Catholic Primary Principals Association

To the authors who contributed to this book, we thank you for your generosity and willingness to “answer back”. Collectively, we hope that these chapters contribute to a reframing of discourses related to student behaviour in schools. We extend our appreciation of the support given by the University of South Australia for providing us with the resources to host the summit on Behaviour in Australian Sc