Responding to Poverty and Disadvantage in Schools: A Reader for Teachers

by Ruth Lupton, Tamara Bibby, Carlo Raffo

This book explores a range of challenges teachers face in dealing with situations of disadvantage, and explores different ways of thinking about these situations. Starting with a variety of incidents written by teachers in schools in disadvantaged settings, the book provides a range of ways of thinking about these - some more psychological, others more sociological - and chapters develop conversations between teachers and academics. These 'conversations'...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137521554
• ISBN13: 9781137521552
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"