Educational attainment and society / Nigel Kettley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kettley, Nigel C.

Series:

Continuum studies in education.

Continuum studies in education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational attainment--Social aspects--Great Britain--Longitudinal studies.

Educational attainment.

Sex differences in education--Great Britain.

Sex differences in education.

Students--Great Britain--Social conditions.

Students.

Social stratification--Great Britain.

Social stratification.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 considera

Contents:

pt. 1. Introduction

pt. 2. Locating attainment

pt. 3. Explaining attainment

pt. 4. Theorizing attainment.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [214]-225) and index.

ISBN:

9786613123107

9781283123105

128312310X

9781441189028

1441189025

OCLC:

727649568