Constructing Educational Inequality: An Assessment of Research on School Processes
- ISBN-10
- 075070389X
- ISBN-13
- 9780750703895
- Category
- Education
- Pages
- 212
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- Psychology Press
- Authors
- Peter Foster, Roger Gomm, Martyn Hammersley
Description
The issue of educational opportunity has long been a major focus for research, and for public concern. This work relates to various levels of the education system and to different types of student, but particularly class, gender and race.
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