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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480303903321

Autore

Murphy Joseph <1949->

Titolo

The educator's handbook for understanding and closing achievement gaps [[electronic resource] /] / Joseph Murphy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Corwin

London, : SAGE [distributor], c2010

ISBN

1-4522-7296-4

1-4522-1925-7

1-4522-0914-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Disciplina

371.2011

371.207

Soggetti

Academic achievement

Educational change

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; About the Author; Part I - Background; Chapter 1 - Bringing Achievement Gaps Into Focus; Chapter 2 - Portraying and Tracking Achievement Gaps; Part II - Grinding up Hope: Explaining the Development and Persistence of Achievement Gaps; Chapter 3 - Environmental Causes of Achievement Gaps: An Introduction; Chapter 4 - Environmental Causes of Achievement Gaps: Socioeconomic Status; Chapter 5 - Environmental Causes of Achievement Gaps: Family Environment; Chapter 6 - Environmental Causes of the Achievement Gap: Community, Racism, and Individual Differences

Chapter 7 - Environmental Causes of Achievement Gaps: Out-of-School Learning ExperiencesChapter 8 - Schooling Causes of the Achievement Gap: The Instructional Program; Chapter 9 - Schooling Causes of the Achievement Gap: School Culture, Structure, and Support; Part III - Opening the Doors of Possibility: Strategies for Closing Achievement Gaps; Chapter 10 - Closing Achievement Gaps: Focusing on the Social and Economic Environment; Chapter 11 - Closing Achievement Gaps: A Focus on Schooling; References; Index



Sommario/riassunto

This book synthesizes the research in the field to help head teachers understand the achievement gap and provides strategies to address the external society factors and internal school factors that contribute to this issue.