Constructing Educational Inequality
A Methodological Assessment
Published on 21. June 2005
218 pages
978-1-135-71913-5 (ISBN)
Description
The issue of educational opportunity has long been of public concern and a major focus for eduational research. As a result, there is now a substantial body of research findings in this field, both quantitative and qualitative.; This work relates to various levels of the educational system and to different categories of student, but particularly social class, gender, ethnicity and race. The central trend has been to find persisting inequalities despite reform at system, institutional and classroom levels. Furthermore, the educational system is frequently portrayed as playing a key role in reproducing wider social and economic inequalities.; This book examines the status of educational inequality as a social problem, explores the conceptual issues surrounding it, assesses a representative sample of recent research, and seeks to clarify the relevant methodological ground rules, thereby laying the basis for future research in the field.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
2,32 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-135-71913-5 (9781135719135)
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Other editions
Additional editions
Peter Foster | Roger Gomm | Martyn Hammersley
Constructing Educational Inequality
A Methodological Assessment
Book
12/1995
1st Edition
Routledge Falmer
€185.70
Article not available for order
Peter Foster | Roger Gomm | Martyn Hammersley
Constructing Educational Inequality
A Methodological Assessment
Book
12/1995
1st Edition
Routledge Falmer
€74.00
Article not available for order
Persons
Peter Foster, Roger Gomm, Martyn Hammersley
Content
Educational Inequality as a Social Problem - A Social Constructionist Account; Methodological Preliminaries - Laying the Basis for an Assessment; Finding Inequalities at the Aggregate Level; Finding Inequalities at the Inter-school Level; Finding Inequalities at the School Level; Finding Inequalities at the Classroom Level; Conclusion.
