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

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Professor Becky Francis (IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK) Dr Barbara Read

The Identities and Practices of High Achieving Pupils

Negotiating Achievement and Peer Cultures

Professor Becky Francis (IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK), Dr Barbara Read, Professor Christine Skelton

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Continuum Publishing Corporation
02 February 2012

Organisation & management of education; Teaching of gifted students

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 internationally renowned authors present a lucid theoretical framework that reflects the complexity of these issues, placing them within the broader context of the policies that cause and constrain particular behaviours among teachers and pupils. The authors draw together empirical data, bringing the realities of young people to life and presenting the lessons that can be learnt to enhance the educational achievement of all students.

It is an engaging text for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students exploring the debates on identity and achievement.

By: Professor Becky Francis (IOE UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society University College London UK), Dr Barbara Read, Professor Christine Skelton
Imprint: Continuum Publishing Corporation
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 374g
ISBN: 9781441121561
ISBN 10: 1441121560
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 02 February 2012
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

Becky Francis is Professor of Education at King's College, London, UK. Christine Skelton is Professor of Gender Equality in Education at University of Birmingham, UK. Barbara Read is Reader in Education at the University of Glasgow, UK.

Reviews for The Identities and Practices of High Achieving Pupils: Negotiating Achievement and Peer Cultures

'This important and illuminating book will be invaluableto anyone working with high-attaining students. The elucidation of thecomplexities of these students' social worlds, and of how they balance socialacceptance with educational attainment, makes for fascinating reading.' Carrie Paechter, Professor of Education, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK