Living on the Edge: Rethinking Poverty, Class and Schooling (Adolescent Cultures, School & Society) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Living on the Edge: Rethinking Poverty, Class and Schooling (Adolescent Cultures, School & Society) Book

This book confronts one of the most enduring and controversial issues in education - the nexus between poverty and underachievement. The topic has become a key contemporary battleground in the struggle to raise standards. 'Living on the Edge' maps and compares a number of competing explanations, critiques inadequate and deficit accounts, and offers a more convincing and useful theory. The authors challenge the view that problems can be fixed by discrete initiatives, which in many instances are deeply rooted in deficit views of youth, families and communities. The book systematically interrogates a range of explanations based outside as well as inside schools. It draws upon positive examples of schools which are succeeding in engaging marginalized young people, providing worthwhile forms of learning, and improving young lives. It is a must read' for anyone concerned about or implicated in the struggle for more socially just forms of education.Read More

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  • 1433116537
  • 9781433116537
  • John Smyth, Terry Wrigley
  • 23 August 2013
  • Peter Lang Publishing Inc
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 239
  • 2nd New edition
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