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ANALYSING UNDERACHIEVEMENT IN SCHOOLS
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| By: |
Emma Smith |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£150.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0826475655 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780826475657 |
| Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
| Pub. date: |
9 June, 2005 |
| Pages: |
192 |
| Description: |
Underachievement in school is one of the most widely-used terms in education today. As a discourse, it has been responsible for influencing government policy, staffroom discussions, as well as the pages of academic journals and the TES. |
| Synopsis: |
Underachievement in school is one of the most widely-used terms in education today. As a discourse, it has been responsible for influencing government policy, staffroom discussions, as well as the pages of academic journals and the TES. It is also a subject that raises questions about what we expect from a fair and equitable education system. This book provides a critical analysis of two sides of the underachievement debate, at each of the three levels of focus - international, the UK, and the individual. On the one hand, it considers the 'crisis account' of falling standards and failing pupils and, on the other, present an alternative account, which urges a re-evaluation of the underachievement debate in order to consider who might be underachieving and why. |
| Illustrations: |
6 illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |