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Itinerant Children in the Schools: A Neglected Social Issue
Author(s) -
Duffy Eileen P.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1987.tb00842.x
Subject(s) - project commissioning , publishing , sociology , media studies , social science , mathematics education , political science , psychology , law
A hitherto neglected area of social and educational research has been the problems faced by itinerant children in their social development, personal adjustment and educational progress. These problems are likely to grow with the increasing mobility of the Australian population. This article briefly explores the issue and reviews research undertaken with geographically mobile families and children of defence force personnel. It recommends further research to delineate the extent of the problems, identify cause‐effect relationships and help children and their families to cope with the effects of mobility.