Waiting for inspiration The air in a waiting room carries a specific kind of weight, a density that seems to swallow sound. For centuries, artists have tried to capture this heavy, invisible presence. I think of Honoré Daumier , who portrayed the slumped, weary resignation of third-class travellers. He understood that waiting wasn't just sitting; it was an endurance sport. I see that same heavy air, but my era is electrified. The figure on the left isn't just sitting; they are anchored against a storm of data. Their head is buried in their hands, face half-hidden as if they're trying to crawl inside their own mind to escape the silence. The thick, aggressive slashes of orange and gold overhead resemble a visual scream, capturing that internal chaos where your thoughts race at a hundred miles an hour while your body is stuck in a plastic chair. The green glow on their skin adds a cold, modern tension, making the whole scene feel like a pulse vibrating beneath a still surface...
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Disengaged students
If the data is consistent 10% of youths between the age of 16 to 18 are not engaged in education, employment, or training (a stitch in time: tackling educational disengagement). The ongoing cost for people who have disengaged will grow ever-increasing as society relies less on unskilled labor.
Technological change, greater labor market flexibility, and economic reforms are transforming the workplace. In Australia the labor growth sections are;
Health Care and Social Assistance
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services
Education and Training
Mining
Construction
The jobs in decline are;
Manufacturing
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
The Future Of All Work, And Not Just For Creatives - trends in USA:
“With the avalanche of new products, new technologies, and new ways of working, workers are going to have to become more creative in order to benefit from these changes.”
The disengaged ex-students have a decreasing employment prospect. Has education failed these students?
Whether the answer is yes or no there needs to be a stronger focus on trying to reducing disengaged students.
What are the indicators?
a poor attitude towards learning and enjoyment of learning
a long tail of underachievement
social background & attainment -> deprived backgrounds with good prior attainment
persistent truancy from secondary school
schools that suffers from poor behaviour and image
children from deprived backgrounds
children with special needs
children in local authority care
children with ESL needs
The problem
Whilst the problem of disengagement and the immediate effect of the disengagement is evident in older student groups it is the younger groups that require significant attention. Students are switching off from education at an early stage.
Two questions
How can educators identify and risk manage behavioral disengagement, emotional engagement & cognitive engagement in the early stages of schooling?
If engagement is closely linked to inclusion and if the indicators (above) refer to exclusion how can schools provide a service for the excluded?
Inclusion programs are required however the programs required need to be a differentiated service.
Inclusion programs within sport, recreation, cultural and participatory activities.
Identification programs to provide service support for low-level truancy, health issues, police, pregnancy, drug consumption, and family conflict.
Interventionist programs that support students through high-level truancy, sexual violence, mental health, not residing at home, and family breakdown.
Possible solutions
Inclusion programs will not work if education is primarily focussed on classroom activities. Schools need to enable adaptive learning solutions.
Formal recognition of activities outside of school
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