Abstract
The research project on which I report here took place in schools within some of the lowest SES communities in New South Wales (NSW), Australia (see Vinson, 2007: 71-74). These schools, students and teachers experience from the inside the reality of the fact that 'concentration of disadvantage rather than disadvantage per se is the significant driver of educational under-performance' (Erebus International, 2005: 15). Such concentration is generally a strong predictor of average school performance (Holmes-Smith, 2006).
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | International Perspectives on Teaching English in a Globalised World |
Editors | Andrew Goodwyn, Louann Reid, Cal Durrant |
Place of Publication | U.K. |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 156-167 |
Number of pages | 12 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780203128299 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780415504461 |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |