Diversity, equality and achievement in education / Gianna Knowles and Vini Lander.
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TextPublisher: London ; Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications, 2011Edition: First editionDescription: xv, 173 pages ; 25 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1849206007
- 9781849206006
- 1849206015
- 9781849206013
- 371.826 22
- LC1200 .K66 2011
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| Book | North Campus North Campus Main Collection | 371.826 KNO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | A566636B |
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| 371.822092 PUR Nothing like a dame : a biography of Dame Daphne Purves / | 371.8220993 WOM Women and education in Aotearoa / | 371.8220993 WOM Women and education in Aotearoa. 2 / | 371.826 KNO Diversity, equality and achievement in education / | 371.826210973 EDU Educating elites : class privilege and educational advantage / | 371.82663 SEX Sexual cultures in Aotearoa/New Zealand education / | 371.82691 ASI Asian migrants and education : the tensions of education in immigrant societies and among migrant groups / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Gianna Knowles -- Diversity, equality and educational achievement / Gianna Knowles -- Identity / Gianna Knowles -- Diverse familes, diverse childhoods / Gianna Knowles -- Ethnicity, whiteness and identity / Vini Lander -- Class, equality and achievement / Gianna Knowles -- Boys, girls, gender issues and achievement / Vini Lander -- Coming from a traveller background : gypsy, Roma and traveller children : living on the margins / Vini Lander -- Refugee and asylum seeker children / Vini Lander -- Looked-after children : children in care / Gianna Knowles -- Enabling equality and achievement for children with disability / Gianna Knowles.
Most classrooms contain children from a variety of backgrounds, where home culture, religious beliefs and the family's economic situation all impact on achievement. This text explains how teachers can recognise such diversity and establish fair, respectful, trusting and constructive relationships with children and their families.
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