Education, Disadvantage and Place: Making the Local Matter

Author:   Kirstin Kerr ,  Alan Dyson ,  Carlo Raffo
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
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9781447311195


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   17 September 2014
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Kirstin Kerr ,  Alan Dyson ,  Carlo Raffo
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
Imprint:   Policy Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9781447311195


ISBN 10:   1447311191
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   17 September 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Why place matters in education; Local education systems as products of place: a case study; Learning from the past; Learning from the present; A rationale for a new generation of area-based initiatives; Developing understandings of place as a basis for intervention; Evaluation and monitoring; Governance and accountability; Children and places in hard times: some concluding thoughts.

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A path-breaking book that provides strategies and lessons learned for professionals and concerned citizens world wide. Hal A. Lawson PhD, University at Albany, SUNY


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Alan Dyson is Professor of Education and Co-Director of the Centre for Equity in Education at The University of Manchester. Kirstin Kerr is a Lecturer in Education and researcher in the Centre for Equity in Education at The University of Manchester. Carlo Raffo is Professor of Urban Education at The University of Manchester.

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