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Author Kettley, Nigel C

Title Educational attainment and society / Nigel Kettley
Published London : Continuum, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 235 pages)
Series Continuum studies in education
Continuum studies in education.
Contents pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Locating attainment -- pt. 3. Explaining attainment -- pt. 4. Theorizing attainment
Summary Sophisticated monograph focussing on attainment at the end of secondary/high school education (and the interface with tertiary education). Combines re-analysis of secondary literature (including official statistics, institutional histories, interview data) and analysis of qualitative and quantitative primary research using descriptive and inferential statistics, value-added analysis and grounded theory. The results show the siginificance and weakness of both the mid-twentieth century classic analyses of social clas and the late-twentieth century feminist approaches. Shows how a joint considera
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Educational attainment -- Social aspects
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Sex differences in education
Social stratification
Students -- Social conditions
Bildungsabschluss
Soziale Klasse
Geschlechtsunterschied
Great Britain
Großbritannien
Genre/Form Longitudinal studies
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2007296705
ISBN 9781441189028
1441189025
128312310X
9781283123105
9786613123107
6613123102
9781441108272
1441108270