Understanding Early Years Inequality2013

"Understanding Early Years Inequality uses critical sociological perspectives to examine the impact of changing assessment policy on primary school classrooms, with a particular focus on issues of inequality. Drawing on accounts of life in early years classrooms, Alice Bradbury suggests that a specific model of the 'good learner' operates, and that this model works to exclude some groups of students from positions of educational success. Key themes examined throughout the book relate to: - The relationship between assessment policy and children's identities as learners; - The complexity of classroom life; - The power of assessment to shape definitions of 'learning' and 'learners'; - The impact of discourses of class, race, religion and the 'inner city' on how children are assessed. In this...