Education in a multicultural environment: Equity issues in teaching and learning in the school system in England

International Studies in Sociology of Education

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 299-314

  Boyle, Bill ^a   Charles, Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

class; equity; ethnicity; meritocracy; pedagogy; testocracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858993782     PISSN: 09620214     EISSN: 17475066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09620214.2011.638539     Document Type: Article

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