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Living on the edge : rethinking poverty, class, and schooling / John Smyth and Terry Wrigley.

Living on the edge : rethinking poverty, class, and schooling / John Smyth and Terry Wrigley.
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Record Number 16337
ISBN 9781433116858 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Location 371.8 SMY
Author Smyth, W. J. (William John), 1944-
Title Living on the edge : rethinking poverty, class, and schooling / John Smyth and Terry Wrigley. [Book]
Published New York : Peter Lang, 2013.
Collation xii, 239 p. ; 23 cm.
Series Adolescent cultures, school and society ; v. 61
General Note "This book confronts one of the most enduring and controversial issues in education - the nexus between poverty and underachievement. The topic has become a key contemporary battleground in the struggle to raise standards. 'Living on the edge' maps and compares a number of competing explanations, critiques inadequate and deficit accounts, and offers a more convincing and useful theory. The authors challenge the view that problems can be fixed by discrete initiatives, which in many instances are deeply rooted in deficit views of youth, families and communities. The book systematically interrogates a range of explanations based outside as well as inside schools. It draws upon positive examples of schools which are succeeding in engaging marginalized young people, providing worthwhile forms of learning, and improving young lives. It is a must-read for anyone concerned about or implicated in the struggle for more socially just forms of education." - Back cover.
Reviewed by Janine Kitson in Education Volume 94 Number 12, December 9 2013, page 26. Access book review online at URL below.
Subject Educational sociology
Social classes
Children with social disabilities -- Education
Poor children -- Education
Educational equalization
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