Underachievement in Schools

ISBN-13: 9780415241311 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 256 str.

Anne West;Pennell Hazel

Opis

This text looks at a wide variety of issues concerned with underachievement in schools. The author uses a case-study school as a framework to show how recent research and theory about underachievement and disadvantage can be applied in practice. She discusses: understanding the concept of underachievement; social class; ethnicity; gender; poverty; family; peer effects; school effects; and the role of schools and policy makers in reducing underachievement.

Spis treści

1. What is underachievement? 2. Social background and achievement 3. Gender and achievement 4. Ethnic background and achievement 5. Other factors and achievement 6. School structures and achievement 7. School effectiveness research and achievement 8. Government policy and raising achievement 9. Schools raising attainment - case studies 10. Discussion and policy implications

O autorze

Anne West is Professor of Educational Policy in the Department of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and is also Director of the Centre for Educational Research.
Hazel Pennell is a Research Fellow based in the Centre for Educational Research at the London School of Economics.