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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254080103321

Autore

Smyth Emer

Titolo

Students' Experiences and Perspectives on Secondary Education : Institutions, Transitions and Policy / / by Emer Smyth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

1-137-49385-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 240 p. 29 illus.)

Disciplina

330.015195

Soggetti

Statistics 

Educational policy

Education and state

Gender identity in education

Statistics for Business, Management, Economics, Finance, Insurance

Educational Policy and Politics

Gender and Education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Structuring Student Experience -- Chapter 3. Educational Decision-making -- Chapter 4. School Climate -- Chapter 5. The Democratic Climate of the School -- Chapter 6. Ability Grouping -- Chapter 7. Teaching, Learning and Assessment -- Chapter 8. Conclusions. .

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the experiences of young people as they move through the Irish secondary educational system. Drawing on a rich study which combines survey data with in-depth interviews with students, it addresses the key facets of schooling which influence young people’s experiences. With chapters organised thematically, including ability grouping, school climate and the impact of high stakes examinations, the central dimensions of school structure and process is explored. Placing young people’s voices centre stage, it explores how they respond to the school context and make decisions that will profoundly affect their future. This book contrasts different types of school settings and examines how gender and social class play out at



the school level. .