Education systems and inequalities : international comparisons / / edited by Andreas Hadjar and Christiane Gross [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNISA996509968903316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bristol, UK : , : Policy Press, , 2016
• ISBN: 1-4473-3513-9; 1-4473-2621-0; 1-4473-2611-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 353 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 370.8
• Soggetti: Discrimination in education; Education - Social aspects; Education and state; Educational equalization; Comparative education
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Apr 2022).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- List of tables and figures -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Education systems and inequalities -- Theorising the impact of education systems on inequalities -- Comparing education policies in a globalising world: methodological reflections -- Education systems and intersectionality -- Measuring educational institutional diversity: tracking, vocational orientation and standardisation -- Sorting and (much) more: prior ability, school effects and the impact of ability tracking on educational inequalities in achievement -- Data analysis techniques to model the effects of education systems on educational inequalities -- Education systems and inequality based on social origins: the impact of school expansion and design -- Education systems and gender inequalities in educational attainment -- Tracking, school entrance requirements and the educational performance of migrant students -- From exclusion and segregation to inclusion? Dis/ability-based inequalities in the education systems of Germany and Nigeria -- Education systems and meritocracy: social origin, educational and status attainment -- ; Education systems and gender inequalities in educational returns -- Education systems and migrant-specific labour market returns -- Health returns on education and educational systems -- Good and bad education systems: is there an ideal? -- Conclusions and summary -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: <i>Education Systems and Inequalities</i> compares different education systems and their impact on creating and sustaining social inequalities.