The Sociology of Educational Inequality (RLE Edu L).

What is the most significant factor for explaining why some individuals are more successful than others -- genetic inheritance, privileged background or luck? Although conventional approaches stress the prime importance of one of these, Tyler argues that such theories fail to deal adequately with th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tyler, William
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor & amp; Francis, 2011.
Colección:Routledge library editions. Education.
Temas:
Students > Great Britain > Social conditions.
Educational Sociology > Great Britain.
Students > Great Britain.
Educational Equalization.
Education > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
Education > Student Life & Student Affairs.
Education > Educational Policy & Reform > Federal Legislation.
Social conditions
Students > Social conditions
Great Britain > Social conditions.
Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales.
Great Britain
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:What is the most significant factor for explaining why some individuals are more successful than others -- genetic inheritance, privileged background or luck? Although conventional approaches stress the prime importance of one of these, Tyler argues that such theories fail to deal adequately with the complexity of educational inequality and suggests that Boudon's model of opportunity and mobility would provide us with a more productive explanation. By applying this model to post-war British education he shows how we might effectively think our approaches to the 'cycle of deprivation', comprehe.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (153 pages).
ISBN:9780203127384
0203127382

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