Analysing Underachievement in Schools

Kirjan Analysing Underachievement in Schools (2007) on kirjoittanut Emma Smith. Kirjan kieli on englanti, ja sen on kustantanut Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.. Kirja on laajuudeltaan 224 sivua ja se on nidottu.

Underachievement in school is one of the most widely used terms in education today. As a discourse, it has been responsible for influencing government policy, staffroom discussions, as well as the pages of academic journals and the TES. It is also a subject which raises questions about what we expect from a fair and equitable education system. This book provides a critical analysis of two sides of the underachievement debate, at each of the three levels of focus - international, the UK and the individual. On the one hand, it will consider the 'crisis' account; of falling standards and failing pupils and, on the other, present an alternative account, which urges a re-evaluation of the underachievement debate in order to consider who might be underachieving and why.