The Identities and Practices of High Achieving Pupils: Negotiating Achievement and Peer Cultures

by Becky Francis, Christine Skelton, Barbara Read

Book Overview

How do some students manage to excel in their studies and be popular while other high achievers are treated as social outcasts? This lively and accessible text looks at the relationships between gender, race and social class, and attainment and popularity, for high-achieving pupils. The internationally renowned authors present a lucid theoretical framework that reflects the complexity of these issues, placing them within the broader context of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441121560
• ISBN13: 9781441121561
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"