RATIONING EDUCATION POLICY, PRACTICE, REFORM AND EQUITY

C2000 GOOD PAPERBACK, SHOWS LIGHT WEAR [GILLBORN & YOUDELL] POLICY, PRACTICE, REFORM AND EQUITY

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Education reforms have raised standards but deepened inequity. More students now reach the previously elite level, of five higher grade passes in their final examinations, but at the same time inequalities of race, class and gender have grown. Focusing on two London schools, this volume exposes the processes of selection and differential treatment that shape these trends. As schools strive to meet performance targets, teachers find themselves rationing education. An A-toC economy has developed where students are labelled, sorted and selected according to their supposed chances of attaining grades A-to-C. The situation is worsened by government refusal to prioritise equity issues, an examination system that institutionalises failure, and a testing industry that reinforces dangerously simple notions of ability and intelligence. Using interviews and observations, the study shows how these factors work upon teachers and students as they try to make sense of and survive the changing demands upon them.

Product Info

ISBN: 0335203604

ISBN-13: 9780335203604

Publisher: OPEN UNIV PR

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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