Educational Attainment and Society Contributor(s): Kettley, Nigel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0826488560 ISBN-13: 9780826488565 Publisher: Continuum OUR PRICE: $183.15 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2007 Annotation: A monograph focussing on attainment at the end of secondary/high school education (and the interface with tertiary education). It combines re-analysis of secondary literature (including official statistics, institutional histories, interview data) and analysis of qualitative and quantitative primary research. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Education | Educational Policy & Reform - Social Science | Popular Culture - Education | Physical Education |
Dewey: 306.43 |
LCCN: 2007296705 |
Series: Continuum Studies in Education (Hardcover) |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.43" W x 9.27" (1.11 lbs) 246 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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 consideration of social issues, in particular of gender and social stratification, produce a powerful model for explaining attainment with important implications for policy on (a) boys' underachievement and (b) participation in higher education. |