The Identities and Practices of High Achieving Pupils: Negotiating Achievement and Peer Cultures
Awards:   Winner of Society for Educational Studies Annual Book Prize 2013 (UK)
Author:   Professor Becky Francis (IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK) ,  Dr Barbara Read ,  Professor Christine Skelton
Publisher:   Continuum Publishing Corporation
ISBN:  

9781441157195


Pages:   216
Publication Date:   05 April 2012
Format:   Hardback
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  • Winner of Society for Educational Studies Annual Book Prize 2013 (UK)

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Author:   Professor Becky Francis (IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK) ,  Dr Barbara Read ,  Professor Christine Skelton
Publisher:   Continuum Publishing Corporation
Imprint:   Continuum Publishing Corporation
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.490kg
ISBN:  

9781441157195


ISBN 10:   1441157190
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   05 April 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

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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'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


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Becky Francis is Professor of Education and Social Justice at King's College, London, UK. Barbara Read is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Education at the University of Roehampton, UK.

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