TY  - BOOK
ED  - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
ED  - Programme for International Student Assessment.
ED  - ProQuest (Firm)
TI  - Against the odds: disadvantaged students who succeed in school
SN  - 9789264090873
AV  - LC4065 .A33 2011
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Paris
PB  - OECD
KW  - Students with social disabilities
KW  - OECD countries
KW  - Academic achievement
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - "Programme for International Student Assessment."; Includes bibliographical references; Executive summary -- PISA as a study of student resilience -- Defining and characterising student resilience in PISA -- A profile of student resilience -- Closing the gap? Enhancing the performance of socio-economically disadvantage students -- Conclusions and policy implications
N2  - Many socio-economically disadvantaged students excel in PISA. This publication focuses on students who succeed at school despite a disadvantaged background. The report shows that overcoming barriers to achievement is possible, and provides students, parents, policy makers and other education stakeholders insights into what enables socio-economically disadvantaged students to fulfill their potential. Resilient students are characterized by positive approaches to learning, for example, having more interest in science or having more self-confidence. The evidence in PISA shows that positive approaches to learning tend to boost the performance of advantaged students more than that of disadvantaged ones. From an equity perspective, therefore, policies aimed at fostering positive approaches to learning ought to target disadvantaged students more than others.--Publisher's description
UR  - http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/daystar-ebooks/detail.action?docID=746615
ER  -