Abstract | Keywords | Export | Availability | Bookmark

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Social class is often seen as an intractable barrier to success, yet a number of children from disadvantaged backgrounds still manage to show resilience and succeed against the odds. This book presents the findings from fifty Child and Family Case Studies (CFCS) conducted with 13-16 year olds. The authors look specifically at the roles that people and experiences - at home, in schools and in the wider community - have played in the learning life-courses of these children; how these factors have affected their achievement; and explanations and meanings given by respondents to the unique characteristics, experiences and events in their lives. Featuring the voices of real parents and children, and backed up by a decade of quantitative data, this is a compelling record that will help readers to understand the complex nature of social disadvantage and the interplay between risk and protective factors in homes and schools that can make for a transformational educational experience.

Education --- Social classes --- Educational equalization --- Children with social disabilities --- Youth with social disabilities --- #SBIB:316.334.1O340 --- #SBIB:303H34 --- Autogestion (Parent participation in education) --- Parent involvement in children's education --- Parent participation in children's education --- Parental involvement in children's education --- Parental participation in children's education --- Home schooling --- At-risk youth (Social sciences) --- Socially handicapped youth --- Youth at risk (Social sciences) --- People with social disabilities --- Youth with disabilities --- Socially handicapped children --- Children with disabilities --- Educational equality --- Educational equity --- Educational inequality --- Equal education --- Equal educational opportunity --- Equality of education --- Equalization, Educational --- Equity, Educational --- Inequality, Educational --- Opportunity, Equal educational --- Affirmative action programs in education --- Class distinction --- Classes, Social --- Rank --- Caste --- Estates (Social orders) --- Social status --- Class consciousness --- Classism --- Social stratification --- Social aspects --- Parent participation --- Onderwijs en sociale verandering, onderwijs en samenleving --- Kwalitatieve methoden: grondige gevallenstudie, casework, social work --- Aims and objectives --- Sociology of education --- Social classes. --- Educational equalization. --- Social aspects. --- Parent participation.