Equity in Education

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Reconsidering What Schools Are For

      • Stephen Gorard, Emma Smith

      Pages 3-8

   3. Querying the Traditional Role of Schools in Attainment

      • Stephen Gorard, Emma Smith

      Pages 9-29

3. Rethinking Equity in Education

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31

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   2. Why Schools Might Matter

      • Stephen Gorard, Emma Smith

      Pages 33-47

   3. Why Teachers Might Matter

      • Stephen Gorard, Emma Smith

      Pages 48-56

4. Listening to Pupils

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57

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   2. The Importance of Listening to Pupils

      • Stephen Gorard, Emma Smith

      Pages 59-72

   3. Listening to Pupils in Different Countries

      • Stephen Gorard, Emma Smith

      Pages 73-92

5. Illustrating Pupils’ Sense of Justice

   1. Front Matter

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   2. International Comparisons of Pupil Experiences of Justice

      • Stephen Gorard, Emma Smith

      Pages 95-113

   3. The Notions of Justice Used by Different Groups of Pupils

      • Stephen Gorard, Emma Smith

      Pages 114-140

6. Putting It All Together

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141

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   2. The Experiences of Pupils Educated Otherwise

      • Stephen Gorard, Emma Smith

      Pages 143-154

   3. Identifying the Determinants of Justice

      • Stephen Gorard, Emma Smith

      Pages 155-171

   4. The Practical Implications of Reconsidering What Schools Are For

      • Stephen Gorard, Emma Smith

      Pages 172-184

7. Back Matter

   Pages 185-199

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Based on the views of teenagers across Europe and in the Far East, this book argues that we need to reconsider how we judge schools and what they are for. It shows that the treatment of pupils in schools makes more difference to teenagers' views on society, and on what it means to be fair, than it does to differences in attainment.

    

• education
• Europe
• Nation

'Gorard and Smith's work deserves attention. Methodologically sound, conceptually focused, clearly expressed and including useful practical recommendations, this is a book that should make an impact.' Evaluation & Research in Education

• University of Birmingham, UK

  Stephen Gorard, Emma Smith

STEPHEN GORARD is Professor of Education Research at the University of Birmingham, UK. Recent publications include Overcoming the Barriers to Higher Education; Adult Learning in the Digital Age and Teacher Supply: The Key Issues. He is particularly interested in the process and quality of research, having recently led the UK ESRC Research Capacity-building Network, and an ESRC Researcher Development Initiative to improve the understanding of randomised controlled trials in social science. 
 
EMMA SMITH is Reader in the School of Education, University of Birmingham, UK. She is interested in equity issues in the field of education and in the role that educational policy can play in reducing inequalities and closing achievement gaps. She is a former Chemistry teacher and SENCO and is currently carrying out research into pupils' views of fairness in school, as well as into patterns of participation in Higher Education science programmes.

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