Quality and Inequality of Education Cross-National Perspectives

This cogent analysis of data on education and society from a variety of sources sets out to provide answers to scientific and policy questions on the quality of education and the way it relates to various forms of inequality in modern societies, particularly in Europe. The authors examine not only t...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Dronkers, Jaap (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2010, 2010
Edition:1st ed. 2010
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • The Gordian Knit Between Quality and Inequality of Education: A Cross-National Attempt to Unraveling
  • I Institutional arrangements and educational outcomes
  • The Influence of Educational Segregation on Educational Achievement
  • Institutional Tracking and Achievement Growth: Exploring Difference-in-Differences Approach to PIRLS, TIMSS, and PISA Data
  • Educational Expansion and Social Class Returns to Tertiary Qualifications in Post-communist Countries
  • II Migration and educational inequality.
  • Educational Gaps Between Immigrant and Native Students in Europe: The Role of Grade
  • How Do School Regimes Tackle Ethnic Segregation: Some Insights Supported in PISA 2006
  • The Educational Attainment of Second Generation Immigrants from Different Countries of Origin in the EU Member-States
  • Talking the Same Language: How Does Education in the Mother Tongue Affect the Pupils’ Scholastic Achievement in the Parallel School Systems?
  • III Education in Europe & Asia: analogies and differences
  • The Intergenerational Transmission of Income and Education: A Comparison of Japan and France
  • Japanese and Korean High Schools and Students in Comparative Perspective
  • Family Background, School System and Academic Achievement in Germany and in Japan
  • Features of Educational Systems as Factors in the Creation of Unequal Educational Outcomes