{"product_id":"educational-attainment-and-society-9780826488565","title":"Educational Attainment and Society","description":"\u003cp\u003eSophisticated monograph focussing on attainment at the end of secondary\/high school education (and the interface with tertiary education). Combines re-analysis of secondary literature (including official statistics, institutional histories, interview data) and analysis of qualitative and quantitative primary research using descriptive and inferential statistics, value-added analysis and grounded theory. The results show the siginificance and weakness of both the mid-twentieth century classic analyses of social clas and the late-twentieth century feminist approaches. Shows how a joint consideration of social issues, in particular of gender and social stratification, produce a powerful model for explaining attainment with important implications for policy on (a) boys' underachievement and (b) participation in higher education.\u003cbr\u003eSophisticated monograph focussing on attainment at the end of secondary\/high school education (and the interface with tertiary education). Combines re-analysis of secondary literature (including official statistics, institutional histories, interview data) and analysis of qualitative and quantitative primary research using descriptive and inferential statistics, value-added analysis and grounded theory. The results show the siginificance and weakness of both the mid-twentieth century classic analyses of social clas and the late-twentieth century feminist approaches. Shows how a joint consideration of social issues, in particular of gender and social stratification, produce a powerful model for explaining attainment with important implications for policy on (a) boys' underachievement and (b) participation in higher education.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNigel Kettley is Lecturer in Social Science at the Institute of Continuing Education and Fellow of Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, UK.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Continuum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50329965920530,"sku":"9780826488565","price":208.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7616003d-9d58-4e0c-ba3d-94894c0ead7e.jpg?v=1727787423","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/educational-attainment-and-society-9780826488565","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}