Cover

Half-title

Series information

Title page

Copyright information

Table of Contents

Foreword

About the series editor and author

Chapter 1 The policy and practice of disadvantage in education in the UK

Introduction

Defining disadvantage and social justice in education

Social inequality in education

Teacher quality and teachers’ standards

The qualified teacher shortage crisis

Child poverty and schooling

The policy history of disadvantage and schooling in the UK

Social justice, social mobility and social inclusion

Policy differences in the four jurisdictions of the UK

Policy in England

Policy in Northern Ireland

Policy in Scotland

Policy in Wales

Key challenges for both initial teacher education and continuous professional development in schools

Chapter 2 Tackling social disadvantage in the classroom

Introduction

The cognitive effects of social and economic disadvantage

Psychological effects of poverty

Environmental aspects of poverty

The sociology of poverty

Poverty and special educational needs and disability (SEND)

Social learning in the classroom

Designing the classroom environment

Pupil grouping and resourcing

Assessing pupils’ progress in the classroom

The role of emotion and imagination

Tackling social disadvantage through research

Teacher collaboration to support vulnerable learners

Chapter 3 Challenging misconceptions of disadvantage

The pedagogy of poverty

Teachers making a difference

The consequences of testing and performativity

Poverty, educational attainment and well-being

Some realities for children living in poverty

Poverty proofing the school day

Deficit views of poverty

Social justice and ITE

Challenging deficit views of poverty through research

Oxford case study

Strathclyde case study

Conclusions

Chapter 4 Language, literacy and disadvantage

Introduction

Social disadvantage and language and literacy difficulties

Literacy, SEN and school exclusions

Literacy and permanent and fixed-term school exclusions

Literacy, exclusion and youth offending

Reading, writing and language impairment

The costs of exclusion versus early prevention or literacy intervention

English as an additional language

Language and literacy across the curriculum

Teachers as writers

Chapter 5 Researching poverty and teacher education

Introduction

The relationship between educational research and educational policy

Closing the gap?

Teachers as researchers

Research partnerships

Practitioner and action research

Researching disadvantage in education

Researching the pupil premium grant

Intervening outside the classroom

References

Index