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ERIC Number: EJ546419
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0141-9072
Educational Disadvantage in a Culture of Achievement: Research Priorities for the Early Years.
Watt, Joyce
Scottish Educational Review, v28 n2 p139-48 Nov 1996
Examines the role of early-education research in addressing issues of educational disadvantage and inequality, particularly in light of 1990s politics, which emphasizes the marketplace metaphor. Discusses the culture of achievement and failure, effects of disadvantaged background on young children's understanding of the learning task, teacher expectations, class size, and the promise of teachers' action research. Contains 31 references. (SV)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Action Research, Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy, Educational Research, Educationally Disadvantaged, Failure, Foreign Countries, Politics of Education, Research Needs, School Readiness, Teacher Expectations of Students, Teacher Student Ratio, Young Children
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Great Britain