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

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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Main Author: Francis, Becky
Other Authors: Read, Barbara, Skelton, Christine
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Continuum International Pub., 2012.
Subjects:
Gifted children > Education.
Gifted children > Social conditions.
Academic achievement > Sex differences.
Organization & management of education.
Teaching of gifted students.
EDUCATION > Special Education > Gifted.
Academic achievement > Sex differences
Gifted children > Education
Gifted children > Social conditions
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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