"This research should make us extremely sceptical that the constant
search for 'higher standards' and for ever-increasing achievement
scores can do much more than put in place seemingly neutral devices
for restratification." - Michael W Apple, John Bascom Professor of
Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies, University
of Wisconsin, Madison Recent educational reforms have raised standards
of achievement but have also resulted in growing inequalities based on
'race' and social class. School-by-school 'league tables' play a
central role in the reforms. These have created an A-to-C economy
where schools and teachers are judged on the proportion of students
attaining five or more grades at levels A-to-C. To satisfy these
demands schools are embracing new and ever more selective attempts to
identify 'ability'. Their assumptions and practices embody a new
IQism: a simple , narrow and regressive ideology of intelligence that
labels working class and minority students as likely failures and
justifies rationing provision to support those (often white, middle
class boys) already marked for success. This book reports detailed
research in two secondary schools showing the real costs of reform in
terms of the pressures on teachers and the rationing of educational
opportunity. It will be important reading for any teacher, researcher
or policymaker with an interest in equality in education.
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ISBN
9780335230952
Publisert
2014
Utgave
1. utgave
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Vendor
Open University Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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