Education systems and inequalities : international comparisons / edited by Andreas Hadjar and Christiane Gross.

Education Systems and Inequalities compares different education systems and their impact on creating and sustaining social inequalities.

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Other Authors: Hadjar, Andreas (Editor), Gross, Christiane (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2016.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • List of tables and figures
  • Notes on contributors
  • Acknowledgements
  • Education systems and inequalities
  • Theorising the impact of education systems on inequalities
  • Comparing education policies in a globalising world: methodological reflections
  • Education systems and intersectionality
  • Measuring educational institutional diversity: tracking, vocational orientation and standardisation
  • Sorting and (much) more: prior ability, school effects and the impact of ability tracking on educational inequalities in achievement
  • Data analysis techniques to model the effects of education systems on educational inequalities
  • Education systems and inequality based on social origins: the impact of school expansion and design
  • Education systems and gender inequalities in educational attainment
  • Tracking, school entrance requirements and the educational performance of migrant students
  • From exclusion and segregation to inclusion? Dis/ability-based inequalities in the education systems of Germany and Nigeria
  • Education systems and meritocracy: social origin, educational and status attainment
  • Education systems and gender inequalities in educational returns
  • Education systems and migrant-specific labour market returns
  • Health returns on education and educational systems
  • Good and bad education systems: is there an ideal?
  • Conclusions and summary
  • Index