Models of secondary education and social inequality an international comparison

From an international comparative perspective, this third book in the prestigious 'eduLIFE Lifelong Learning Series' provides a thorough investigation into how social inequalities arise during individuals' secondary schooling careers.

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Weitere Verfasser: Blossfeld, Hans-Peter (HerausgeberIn), Buchholz, Sandra (HerausgeberIn), Skopek, Jan (HerausgeberIn), Triventi, Moris (HerausgeberIn)
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Veröffentlicht: Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA Edward Elgar Publishing 2016
Schriftenreihe:eduLIFE lifelong learning series
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Zusammenfassung:From an international comparative perspective, this third book in the prestigious 'eduLIFE Lifelong Learning Series' provides a thorough investigation into how social inequalities arise during individuals' secondary schooling careers.
Front Matter; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; PART I Introduction and theoretical framework; 1. Secondary school systems and inequality of educational opportunity in contemporary societies; 2. The model of ability tracking -Theoretical expectations and empirical findings on how educational systems impact on educational success and inequality; PART II Comparative contributions; 3. From primary school to young adulthood -- A cross-national analysis of cognitive competencies and related social inequalities
4. Excellence through equality of opportunity -- Increasing the social inclusiveness of education systems benefits disadvantaged students without harming advantaged studentsPART III The early tracking model; 5. Secondary school differentiation and inequality of educational opportunity in Germany; 6. Educational mobility and equal opportunity in different German tracking systems -- Findings from the LifE study; 7. Differentiation in secondary education and inequality in educational opportunities: The case of Switzerland
8. Early tracking and competition -- A recipe for major inequalities in Hungary9. Tracking in the Netherlands -- Ability selection or social reproduction?; PART IV The Nordic inclusive model; 10. Social selection in formal and informal tracking in Sweden; 11. Inequalities in the haven of equality? Upper secondary education and entry into tertiary education in Finland; 12. Educational inequalities in tracked Danish upper secondary education; PART V The individual choice model
13. Onwards or upwards? -- The role of subject choice and schools in there production of educational inequality in England14. School subject choices and social class differences in entry to higher education -- Comparing Scotland and Ireland; 15. Reproduction of inequality in educational attainment through curricular differentiation in secondary school -- A case study of the USA; 16. Reproducing social inequality within comprehensive school systems -The case of Australia; PART VI The mixed tracking model; 17. The long-term outcomes of early educational differentiation in France
18. Between formal openness and stratification in secondary education: Implications for social inequalities in Italy19. The reproduction of social inequality within the Russian educational system; 20. Educational inequalities in secondary education in Estonia -- Transitions and tracking; 21. Tracking and attainment in Israeli secondary education; PART VII Conclusions and discussion; 22. Varieties of secondary education models and social inequality -- Conclusions from a large-scale international comparison; Index
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Beschreibung:xxxii, 419 Seiten
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ISBN:9781785367250
978-1-78536-725-0