1 to 0 4 that follow. Item A According to some sociologists, cultural factors are the most important cause of social class differences in educational achievement. In their view, there are deep-rooted differences between working-class and middle-class subcultures. For example, they argue that working-class subculture encourages fatalism and collectivism, whereas middle-class
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2011 A STUDY OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND FAMILY ENVIRONMENT AS DETERMINANTS OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF TEACHER – TRAINEE A STUDY OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND FAMILY ENVIRONMENT AS DETERMINANTS OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF TEACHER – TRAINEE Dr. Khushvinder Kumar, Principal, B.C.M. College of Education, Ludhiana, Punjab, India E-mail address: drkhush01@gmail.com Ramanjeet Kaur, D.A.V. Public School, Ludhiana, Punjab, India e-mail address: specialeducation09@yahoo
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The view that working class children cultural deprivation is the reason of their underachievement can be very rightly true. Cultural deprivation is the lack of certain rules of behavior in social situations, values, belief that something is a worthwhile, attitude and skills these are all of what society calls “normal”. Working class children are less likely to succeed in life because they are less likely to be found in nursery schools, less likely to go to university and more likely to be poor readers
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secondary school level? In: Bachelors Degrees, Senior Secondary Certificate SSC [Edit categories] Answer: INFLUENCE OF SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN LAGOS STATE ABSTRACT This study examines the influence of school environment on the student academic performance in secondary schools in Lagos State. Factors such as school facilities, class size, school location and school plant planning were examined to know their effects on the academic achievement of secondary
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Sociology revision Education School factors [Cultural:] • Labelling theory / self-fulfilling prophecy • Streaming / Banding / Setting • Class, gender, ethnic background • Formal Curriculum (middle class knowledge) • Hidden curriculum • Anti-school subcultures (Male: Willis / Female: Lees) • Language and textbooks (anti-female / black bias) • Gender relationships (teacher -pupil / pupil-pupil) • Gendered curriculum (patriarchal) • Teacher expectations
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Bilingual Education vs. ESL Instruction: What's the Difference? When ESL students enter the school system they are given a Home Language Survey which is used to identify the potential students that may be eligible for the ESL program. Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS) and Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP) are used to assess each Limited English Proficient (LEP) student. BICS is the language we need in order to be able to socialize in a social setting. CALP is the language
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these consumption goods and activities that are typical in a society as a given time regardless of people’s preferences with respect to these items. 2) Identify three government policies that may have reduced social class differences in educational achievement. * EMA – Educational Maintenance Allowance: The scheme was created to offer an allowance to those on college to encourage them to continue with the education system. An additional benefit of this was to potentially enable those on low incomes
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Low School Achievement is an pervasive and dramatic problem in US Schools. There are numerous factors that contribute to low achievement in schools. Some of those factors are external to schools; while others directly relate to what goes on within school buildings. In this paper, we will explore both external and school based causes of low achievement. Much research has been done on the impact of socioeconomic status on student achievement. The research clearly shows that there is a strong
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Activities on Academic Achievements of Secondary School Students in District Abbottabad Pakistan - A Case Study Zahid Bashir, Shafqat Hussain NUMLs Islamabad Pakistan Abstract This research was conducted to examine the effect of co-curricular activities on academic achievements of secondary school students in District Abbottabad. The research is experimental in nature, pre-test Post–test equivalent group design was selected for this purpose. In this study, an achievement test covering four chapters
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Social class is the key factor influencing a child’s education attainment. There are major differences between the levels of achievement of the working class and middle class. Generally the higher the social class of the parents the more successful a child will be in education. Social class inequality begins in primary school and becomes greater as you move up through the education system with the higher levels of the education system dominated by middle and upper-class students. There are many other
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