NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Skelton, Christine; Francis, Becky – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2012
This paper draws on the concept of the "Renaissance Child" to illustrate the ways in which gender influences the opportunities and possibilities of high-achieving pupils. Using data from a study of 12-13-year high-achieving boys and girls based in schools in England, the paper considers the ways in which a group of popular boys was able…
Descriptors: Physical Education, High Achievement, Sex Role, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Marsh, Jackie – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2007
Despite a growing awareness of the implications of the changing nature of literacy due to the impact of technological innovations, literacy pedagogies in educational institutions across the world continue to be predicated on a performative model, in which emphasis is placed on transmitting narrow concepts of literacy that privilege the alphabetic…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Schools, Educational Change, Foreign Countries