Identities and Practices of High Achieving Pupils : Negotiating Achievement and Peer Cultures

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Francis, Becky.

Contributor:

Read, Barbara.

Skelton, Christine.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Academic achievement--Sex differences.

Academic achievement.

Gifted children--Education.

Gifted children--Social conditions.

Local Subjects:

Academic achievement--Sex differences.

Academic achievement.

Gifted children--Education.

Gifted children--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Continuum International Publishing, 2012.

Summary:

How do some students manage to excel in their studies and be popular while other high achievers are treated as social outcasts?This lively and accessible text looks at the relationships between gender, race and social class, and attainment and popularity, for high achieving pupils. The internationally renowned authors present a lucid theoretical framework that reflects the complexity of these issues, placing them within the broader context of the policies which cause and constrain particular behaviours among teachers and pupils. The authors draw together empirical data, bringing the realities

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The Policy Context: Educational 'Standards' and Human Capital; 2 Conceptualizing Gender and Achievement; 3 Facilitating High Achievement and the Issue of 'Balance'; 4 Boffins and Geeks: The Social Consequences for Young People Constructed as 'Too Hardworking'; 5 High Achieving and Popular: The Ideal Neoliberal Subject; 6 High Achieving and Popular: How Do They Do It; 7 Implications for Schools; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786613527561

9781441199232

1441199233

9781280123702

1280123702

9780826421777

0826421776

OCLC:

779828495