Tales from the Pond Student Perceptions of Ability Grouped and MainstreamLearning Environments

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  • Engels
  • Paperback
  • 9783639130973
  • 27 februari 2009
  • 288 pagina's
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This book presents an alternative interpretation of a practice that tends to attract a great deal of negative press - that of ability grouping. Often viewed as elitist and a means of reinforcing the status quo in unequal societies, the educational practice of grouping on the basis of ability has engendered distrust in egalitarian Australia for many years. This study challenges this notion through examination of a disadvantaged rural secondary school's attempt to create a learning environment that is appropriate for highly able students, while not disadvantaging mainstream students not involved in the program. The metaphor of a pond is woven through the study, representing Marsh's Big Fish Little Pond Effect, which is critiqued. Through a mixed methodological approach, the views of students in both the grouped and mainstream settings were examined to determine their levels of satisfaction with their educational experience. The study found that although the ability based setting provided a suitably nurturing environment for the able students, it was not viewed as desirable by mainstream nonmembers, suggesting that appropriate provision may require different educational responses.

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27 februari 2009
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288
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Hoofdauteur
Margaret Plunkett
Hoofduitgeverij
Vdm Verlag

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152 mm
Product hoogte
17 mm
Product lengte
229 mm
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152 mm
Verpakking hoogte
17 mm
Verpakking lengte
229 mm
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426 g

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