Analysing Underachievement in Schools

Underachievement in school is one of the most widely used terms in education today. As a discourse it has been responsible for influencing government policy, staffroom discussions, as well as the pages of academic journals and the TES. It is also a subject which raises questions about what we expect from a fair and equitable education system. This book provides a critical analysis of two sides of the underachievement debate, at each of the three levels of focus - international, the UK and the individual. On the one hand, it will consider the ''crisis'' account; of falling standards and failing pupils and, on the other, present an alternative account, which urges a re-evaluation of the underachievement debate in order to consider who might be underachieving and why.

Product details

• Authors: Emma Smith
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.2007
• EAN: 9780826494870
• ISBN: 978-0-8264-9487-0
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Empirical Studies in Education; Empirical Studies in Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Schulen und Vorschulen, EDUCATION / Special Education / Learning Disabilities, Teaching of students with learning difficulties, Schools, Schools and pre-schools, EDUCATION / Schools / General