1st Edition

Constructing Educational Inequality A Methodological Assessment

218 Pages
by Routledge

218 Pages
by Routledge

218 Pages
by Routledge

The issue of educational opportunity has long been of public concern and a major focus for eduational research. As a result, there is now a substantial body of research findings in this field, both quantitative and qualitative.; This work relates to various levels of the educational system and to different categories of student, but particularly social class, gender, ethnicity and race. The... Read more
Educational Inequality as a Social Problem - A Social Constructionist Account; Methodological Preliminaries - Laying the Basis for an Assessment; Finding Inequalities at the Aggregate Level; Finding Inequalities at the Inter-school Level; Finding Inequalities at the School Level; Finding Inequalities at the Classroom Level; Conclusion.

Biography

Peter Foster, Roger Gomm, Martyn Hammersley