Mentoring troubled pupils as a means of promoting citizenship, identity and community cohesion.

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Abstract

This paper focuses on how the mentoring of troubled pupils can contribute to their civic engagement, the development of a more positive personal identity, and make a contribution to community cohesion. It will be argued that mentoring schemes, particularly those which draw upon the principles and practice of social pedagogy in order to empower pupils and promote social inclusion, can promote such pupils’ personal development and help them to remain engaged in schooling. In particular, the mentor can make use of within school and out of school schemes which involve civic engagement to enable the pupils to take part in activities which contribute to their local community and to community cohesion. A particularly important feature of such mentoring schemes is that the troubled pupil works as part of a social group which is working collectively, in effect as good citizens, to bring about worthy ends.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCreating communities
Subtitle of host publicationlocal, national and global
EditorsPeter Cunningham, Nathan Fretwell
Place of PublicationLondon
PublisherCiCe
Pages115-120
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)1470 6695
ISBN (Print)9781907675195
Publication statusPublished - 2012
EventFourteenth annual CiCe network conference. Creating communities : local, national, global. - York, United Kingdom
Duration: 24 May 201226 May 2012

Conference

ConferenceFourteenth annual CiCe network conference. Creating communities : local, national, global.
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityYork
Period24/05/1226/05/12

Keywords

  • mentoring
  • troubled pupils
  • social pedagogy

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