BERA Conference 2010: Main Conference Parallel Session 5

The educational attainment of White British working class children: What do we know, what works, and why?

This symposium consists of three papers drawing on research conducted within Local Authorities in London to focus on the important and pressing issue of the achievement of White British working class students in the English education system. This symposium addresses three overarching questions:

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Abstract Code Title
0163 Disadvantage, ethnicity, gender and educational attainment: The case of White working class pupils
0172 Raising the Achievement of White Working Class Pupils in Schools: Barriers and School strategies
0226 Student performance by social class and gender: Making research findings on students' resilience and self regulation work for teachers in secondary schools.


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