The identities and practices of high-achieving pupils : negotiating achievement and peer cultures / / Becky Francis, Christine Skelton and Barbara Read.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Francis, Becky.
• TeilnehmendeR: Skelton, Christine.; Read, Barbara, 1969-; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 209 p.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• The policy context: educational standards and human capital
• Conceptualising high achievement: theoretical perspectives on social identity and achievement
• Enabling high achievement: the shared practices of high achieving pupils
• Boffins and geeks: the social consequences for young people constructed as too hardworking
• The challenge of balance: anxieties concerning the tension between high achievement and popularity
• High achieving and popular: the ideal neoliberal subject?
• The classroom practices adopted by pupils accomplishing popularity and high achievement
• Implications for schools.