Identities and Practices of High Achieving Pupils : Negotiating Achievement and Peer Cultures.

How do some students manage to excel in their studies and be popular while other high achievers are treated as social outcasts?This lively and accessible text looks at the relationships between gender, race and social class, and attainment and popularity, for high achieving pupils. The international...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Francis, Becky
Otros Autores: Read, Barbara, Skelton, Christine
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Continuum International Pub., 2012.
Temas:
Gifted children > Education.
Gifted children > Social conditions.
Academic achievement > Sex differences.
Enfants surdoués > Éducation.
Enfants surdoués > Conditions sociales.
Organization & management of education.
Teaching of gifted students.
EDUCATION > Special Education > Gifted.
Academic achievement > Sex differences
Gifted children > Education
Gifted children > Social conditions
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The Policy Context: Educational 'Standards' and Human Capital; 2 Conceptualizing Gender and Achievement; 3 Facilitating High Achievement and the Issue of 'Balance'; 4 Boffins and Geeks: The Social Consequences for Young People Constructed as 'Too Hardworking'; 5 High Achieving and Popular: The Ideal Neoliberal Subject; 6 High Achieving and Popular: How Do They Do It; 7 Implications for Schools; References; Index.

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