1st Edition
Tackling Disadvantage and Underachievement in Schools A Practical Guide for Teachers
Author Biography
Introduction
Chapter One The Identification of Underachievement
Chapter Two Disadvantage and Underachievement
Chapter Three How Schools Can Raise Achievement
Chapter Four Case Studies in Diagnosis and Intervention of UAch
Chapter Five Changing Early Years Teaching and Closing the Literacy Gap
Chapter Six Changing Higher Order Skills Teaching, Strategic Approaches
Chapter Seven Pedagogy: Practical Teaching Strategies Across the Curriculum and Age Ranges
Postscript
Index
References
Biography
Diane Montgomery is professor emerita in education at Middlesex University, London, UK. She is a qualified and experienced teacher, teacher educator and chartered psychologist. She was recently awarded the ‘Above and Beyond’ Lifetime Achievement Award for her contribution to work with the more able and DME.
