Education systems and inequalities : : international comparisons / / edited by Andreas Hadjar and Christiane Gross.

• TeilnehmendeR: Hadjar, Andreas,; Gross, Christiane,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol, UK : : Policy Press,, 2016.
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 353 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
• Notes: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Apr 2022).

<i>Education Systems and Inequalities</i> compares different education systems and their impact on creating and sustaining social inequalities.

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• Contents
• List of tables and figures
• Notes on contributors
• Acknowledgements
• Education systems and inequalities
• Theorising the impact of education systems on inequalities
• Comparing education policies in a globalising world: methodological reflections
• Education systems and intersectionality
• Measuring educational institutional diversity: tracking, vocational orientation and standardisation
• Sorting and (much) more: prior ability, school effects and the impact of ability tracking on educational inequalities in achievement
• Data analysis techniques to model the effects of education systems on educational inequalities
• Education systems and inequality based on social origins: the impact of school expansion and design
• Education systems and gender inequalities in educational attainment
• Tracking, school entrance requirements and the educational performance of migrant students
• From exclusion and segregation to inclusion? Dis/ability-based inequalities in the education systems of Germany and Nigeria
• Education systems and meritocracy: social origin, educational and status attainment
• Education systems and gender inequalities in educational returns
• Education systems and migrant-specific labour market returns
• Health returns on education and educational systems
• Good and bad education systems: is there an ideal?
• Conclusions and summary
• Index