Integration and inequality in educational institutions

This volume addresses questions that lie at the core of research into education. It examines the way in which the institutional embeddedness and the social and ethnic composition of students affect educational performance, skill formation, and behavioral outcomes. It discusses the manner in which ed...

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Contributors: Windzio, Michael 1970- (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Heidelberg [u.a.] Springer 2013
In:Year: 2013
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Summary:This volume addresses questions that lie at the core of research into education. It examines the way in which the institutional embeddedness and the social and ethnic composition of students affect educational performance, skill formation, and behavioral outcomes. It discusses the manner in which educational institutions accomplish social integration. It poses the question of whether they can reduce social inequality, - or whether they even facilitate the transformation of heterogeneity into social inequality.Divided into five parts, the volume offers new insights into the many factors, proces
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Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (IX, 310 Seiten)
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:9789400761193
DOI:10.1007/978-94-007-6119-3