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01909nam a2200301 4500 001 C96C550A2B0A11DE9A033608A8D7520A 005 200904162346.0 008 030109s2000 enj b 001|0 eng d 020 $a 9781858561738 (pbk.) 020 $a 1858561736 (pbk.) 040 $d SILO 100 1 $a Plummer, Gillian. 245 1 $a Failing working-class girls / $c Gillian Plummer. 260 $a Stoke-on-Trent : $b Trentham Books, $c 2000. 300 $a xvii, 231 p. ; $c 23 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-227) and index. 520 1 $a "Gillian Plummer's research shows how women from working-class backgrounds still so seldom achieve higher level academic qualifications and the life-styule to which they lead."/ 520 8 $a "Analysing her own experience and that of others of similar background, she shows how their mothers and fathers held low expectations of education and what it might offer their daughters, so did little to support their education. The book exposes the repeating pattern of early marriage with an unskilled and often exploited partner. 520 8 $a And it turns a spotlight on teachers and reveals how, instead of encouraging these 'misfits' to succeed, they themselves discriminated against the bright working-class girls who managed to gain entry to privileged schools or grammar streams." "For academics in gender studies, education, sociology and for teacher trainers and education policy makers."--BOOK JACKET. 650 0 $a Girls $x Conduct of life. 650 0 $a Sex role in children $z Great Britain. 650 0 $a Working class $x Education $z Great Britain. 650 0 $a Working class women $x Education $z Great Britain. 650 0 $a Working class women $x Employment $z Great Britain. 939 $a 5503797 941 $a 1 952 $l UWAX953 $d 20090701080000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C96C550A2B0A11DE9A033608A8D7520AInitiate Another SILO Locator Search