Analysing Underachievement in Schools

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-8264-9487-0
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 324 g

Emma Smith examines the 'crisis' of falling standards and failing students and urges a re-evaluation of the underachievement debate.

Written in a fresh and engaging style this study draws on data from large-scale international tests, such as the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and the Third International Maths and Science Study (TIMSS).
- Underachievement is undoubtedly one of the hottest topics in education today - there is endless discussion of it in academic journals the TES and in the general media.

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.

Zielgruppe

School Management, Academics

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, Emma

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Sonderpädagogik, Heilpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Schulleitung, Schulentwicklung Schulevaluation, Schulinspektion

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Underachievement in context
Part 1: Underachievement: An international perspective
2. The falling nations debate
3. Reconsidering international comparisons

Part 2: Falling standards and failing pupils?
4. Failing boys and moral practices
5. Reevaluating underachievement
6. Underachieving working class boys?

Part 3: Understanding underachievement
7. Reconceptualising 'underachievement'
8. Recommendations for practice

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Emma Smith is Lecturer in Educational Studies at York University, UK. She is already an authority on underachievement in the UK, having presented her findings to the House of Commons Education Select Committee on pupil achievement.