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UNINA9910781091603321 |
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Titolo |
Education and poverty in affluent countries / / edited by Carlo Raffo. [et al.] |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-135-27203-4 |
1-135-27204-2 |
1-282-44384-4 |
9786612443848 |
0-203-86033-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (270 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge research in education ; ; 31 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Children with social disabilities - Education - Developed countries |
Educational equalization - Developed countries |
Poverty - Developed countries |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figure; Tables; Acknowledgments; Part I Education and Poverty: A Mapping Framework; 1 Education and Poverty in Affluent Countries: An Introduction to the Book and the Mapping Framework; 2 The Mapping Framework, Research Literature, and Policy Implications Within a Functionalist Perspective; 3 The Mapping Framework, Research Literature, and Policy Implications Within a Socially Critical Perspective; Part II International Studies on Education and Poverty |
4 Neo-liberal Urban Education Policy: Chicago, A Paradigmatic Case of the Production of Inequality and Racial Exclusion5 Inclusive School Leadership Strategies in Disadvantaged Schools Based on Student and Community Voice: Implications for Australian Educational Policy; 6 Effectiveness and Disadvantage in Education: Can a Focus on Effectiveness Aid Equity in Education?; 7 High Hopes in a Changing World: Social Disadvantage, Educational Expectations, and Occupational Attainment in Three British Cohort Studies; 8 Area-Based Initiatives in English Education: What Place for Place and Space? |
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9 A Critical Pedagogy of Global Place: Regeneration in and as Action10 Leaving School and Moving On: Poverty, Urban Youth, and Learning Identities; 11 The Challenges of Poverty and Urban Education in Canada: Lessons from Two School Boards; Part III An Examination of Educational Policy; 12 Policy and the Policy Process; 13 Poverty and Educational Policy Initiatives: A Review; 14 What Is to Be Done? Implications for Policy Makers; Contributors; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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For the first time, researchers, policymakers and practitioners across the world will have access to a comprehensive mapping of research evidence and policy strategies about education and poverty in affluent countries. Although there is widespread agreement that poverty and poor educational outcomes are related, there are competing explanations as to why that should be the case. This is a major problem for practitioners, policy makers and researchers who are looking for pointers to action, or straightforward ways of understanding an issue that troubles education systems across the world. Th |
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