| Description |
1 online resource (214 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Overcoming Disadvantage in Education; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; List of figures; List of tables; 1 What is disadvantage in education?; 2 The quality of existing datasets; 3 The quality of available evidence; 4 The role of school intakes; 5 The role of schools; 6 The role of teachers; 7 The wider outcomes of schooling; 8 Post-school outcomes; 9 Targeted approaches; 10 The role of individuals; 11 The role of 'parents'; 12 The way forward in overcoming educational disadvantage; References; Index |
| Summary |
Governments, local authorities, school leaders, and teachers all over the world want to improve the educational attainment and participation of all students, and to minimise any systematic differences in outcomes for social and economic groups. A particular concern is for those students from backgrounds that may objectively disadvantage them at school and beyond. However, considerable effort and money is currently being wasted on policies, practices and interventions that have very little hope of success, and that may indeed endanger the progress that is being made otherwise. The poor quali |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Educational equalization.
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Children with social disabilities -- Education.
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Children with social disabilities -- Education
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Educational equalization
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
See, Beng Huat
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| ISBN |
9781135009533 |
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1135009538 |
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