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Educational Failure and Working Class White Children in Britain

Book Description
Contrasting what is required of children at school with what is expected of them at home and on the street, Gillian Evans provides an ethnographic analysis of educational failure in white working class neighbourhoods. The reasons for individual children's failure to learn and to behave at school are not, however, explored solely in terms of factors relevant to life outside school. Following the tr... More
Book Information
PublisherPalgrave MacMillan Ltd
BindingHardcover (3 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages224
ISBN-101403992169
ISBN-13978-1403992161
Publication Date09/05/2006
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About Gillian Evans (Author) : Gillian Evans is a published author and an editor of children's books. Published credits of Gillian Evans include Educational Failure and Working Class White Children in Britain, Cultural Atlas for Yo... more
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