"The book explores contemporary challenges for teachi9781107432314ng and learning in the middle years, with a focus on student experience, identity, engagement and resilience. Key issues, such as teaching academically at risk students, the impact of education policy on middle years students, and teacher preparation and identity, are given comprehensive coverage. Unique to this text is its focus on and analysis of the history of middle years education, as well as its in-depth discussion of the experiences of young Indigenous and Māori students."--Back cover.