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Analysing Underachievement in Schools

Analysing Underachievement in Schools

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Series: Empirical Studies in Education

General Education

ISBN10: 0826494870
ISBN13: 9780826494870
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Published: May 15 2007
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.77
Height: 0.67 Width: 6.34 Depth: 9.14
Language: English

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 which 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 will consider 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.

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