| Description |
xi, 212 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Empirical studies in education |
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Empirical studies in education.
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| Contents |
1. Introducing underachievement -- 2. Underachievement and national educational crisis accounts -- 3. Reconsidering the 'failing nation' debates -- 4. Failing boys and 'moral panics' -- 5. Reconsidering underachieving students -- 6. What is underachievement? -- 7. Measuring underachievement -- 8. Measuring low achievement -- 9. Understanding underachievement -- 10. So, what works? Strategies to close the achievement gap -- App. 1. Further details of research methods -- App. 2. Multiple regression model for identifying underachieving students -- App. 3. Profiles of students who were identified as underachieving |
| Summary |
"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 and staffroom discussions, as well as the pages of academic journals and the TES. It is also a subject which raises questions about what we expect from a fair and equitable education system. Analysing Underachievement in Schools 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, presents an alternative which urges a re-evaluation of the underachievement debate in order to consider who might be underachieving and why."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-208) and index |
| Subject |
Academic achievement -- Great Britain.
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Academic achievement.
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Education and state -- Great Britain.
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Education and state.
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Underachievement -- Great Britain.
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Underachievement.
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| LC no. |
2005284380 |
| ISBN |
0826475655 |
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