The identities and practices of high-achieving pupils : negotiating achievement and peer cultures / Becky Francis, Christine Skelton and Barbara Read.

• Introduction -- The policy context: educational standards and human capital -- Conceptualising high achievement: theoretical perspectives on social identity and achievement -- Enabling high achievement: the shared practices of high achieving pupils -- Boffins and geeks: the social consequences for young people constructed as too hardworking -- The challenge of balance: anxieties concerning the tension between high achievement and popularity -- High achieving and popular: the ideal neoliberal subject? -- The classroom practices adopted by pupils accomplishing popularity and high achievement -- Implications for schools.

Ämnesord

Begåvade barn  (sao)

Undervisning  (sao)

Studieresultat  (sao)

Academic achievement.  (LCSH)

Gifted children  -- Education. (LCSH)

Gifted children  -- Social conditions. (LCSH)

Academic achievement  -- Sex differences. (LCSH)

Academic achievement  (LCSH)

Teaching  (LCSH)

Gifted children  (LCSH)

Klassifikation

LC3993.2 (LCC)

371.95 (DDC)

Em.075 (kssb/8 (machine generated))