EDUCATION AND ATTAINMENT Flashcards
PURPOSE OF IQ TESTS IN THE UK
BTW THE 50S AND MID 70s IT WAS USED TO SPARATE CHILDREN INTO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AT AGE 11.
WITH THOSE WHO PASSED THE 11-PLUS EXAM BEING ELIGIBLE TO ATTEND GRAMMAR SCHOOLS AND THOSE WHO FAILED BEING PUT INTO VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
_ CLAIMED THAT HOW WELL A PERSON DOES ON AN IQ TEST DEPENDS ON A VARIETY OF FACTORS NOT ONLY ON INTELLIGENCE
KAPLAN
_ ARGUED THERE ARE AT LEAST SEVEN DISTINCT TYPES OF INTELLIGENCE RANGING FROM CONVENTIONAL LINGUISTIC, MATHEMATICAL AND SPATIAL ABILITIES TO MUSICAL INTELLIGENCE AND INTERPERSONAL INTELLIGENCE
GARDNER
OGUNDOKUN AND ADEYEMOS’ STUDY OF NIGERIAN SCHOOL STUDENTS
THEY FOUND A STRONG CORRELATION BETWEEN LEVELS OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
WHAT IQ TESTS MEASURE ARE TWO POSSIBLE TYPES OF INTELLIGENCE WHICH ARE LINGUISTIC AND LOGICAL-MATHEMATICAL ABILITIES
FLYNN
INTELLIGENCE WHILE NOT DETERMINED AT BIRTH DIFFERS BTW SOCIAL CLASSES
SAUNDERS
SOCIAL SELECTION ENSURES THAT THOSE WHO ARE THE MOST ACADEMICALLY ABLE RISE TO THE TOP OF CLASS STRUCTURE
SAUNDERS
THE ROBBINS REPORT
SOCIAL CLASS WAS A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN ACHIEVEMENT
EDUCATION REPRODUCES THE POWER AND DOMINATION OF RULING SOCIAL CLASSES THROUGH A COMBINATION OF HABITUS AND CULTURAL CAPITAL
BOURDIEU
MURAYAMA ET AL
GERMANS STUDY OF MATHEMATICAL ACHIEVEMENT FOUND THAT IQ WAS ONLY IMPORTANT IN THE INITIAL DEVELOPMENT OF MATHEMATICAL COMPETENCE
IN INDIA 50% OF SCHOOLS HAVE LEAKING ROOF OR POOR WATER SUPPLY, 35% HAVE NO BLACKBOARD OR FURNITURE, 90% HAVE NO FUNCTIONING TOILET
RAMACHADRAN STUDY
MALNUTRITION, HUNGER AND POOR HEALTH ARE CORE PROBLEMS WHICH AFFECT ATTENDANCE AND PERFORMANCE IN CLASSES
RAMACHADRAN
MATERIAL DEPRIVATION IS TOO BROAD AN EXPLANATION FOR UNDERACHIEVEMENT BCS SOME MATERIALLY DEPRIVED CHILDREN MANAGE TO SUCCEED STILL
DOUGLAS
AROUND 80% OF THE MOST AFFLUENT MOTHERS ASSUMED THEIR CHILD WOULD GO TO UNIVERSITY WHILE 40% OF LEAST AFFLUENT MOTHERS HOPED THEIR CHILD WOULD GO TO UNIVERSITY
GOODMAN AND GREGG
WHILE WORKING-CLASS PARENTS HAVE A HIGH AND INCREASING INTEREST IN THEIR CHILDREN’S EDUCATION THEY LACK THE MEANS TO TRANSLATE THAT INTEREST INTO EFFECTIVE INFLUENCE ON THEIR CHILDS BEHALF
WESTERGAARD AND RESLER
ACKNOWLEDGED HIS RESEARCH ONLY SHOWED THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WORKING AND MIDDLE-CLASS LANGUAGE CODES
BERNSTEIN
THE IDEA OF PARENTAL DEFICIENCY FROM WORKING-CLASS PARENTS NOT VALUING EDUCATION IS INCORRECT, THEY TAKE A KEEN INTEREST IN THEIR CHILDREN’S EDUCATION BUT FEEL EXCLUDED FROM PARTICIPATION IN DECISION-MAKING WITHIN SCHOOLS
HANAFIN AND LYNCH
MIDDLE CLASS WOMEN WERE BETTER POSITIONED TO INVOLVE THEMSELVES IN SCHOOL DECISION MAKING
REAY STUDY
MIRZA STUDY
DEVELOPMENT OF SATURDAY SCHOOLS AMONG BLACK CARRIBEAN COMMUNITIES
FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF A DISTINCT, DEVIANT UNDERCLASS CULTURE IN THEIR RESEARCH IN MIDDLESBOROUGH ENGLAND
MACDONALD AND MARSH
WORKING-CLASS UNDERACHIEVEMENT IS NOT EXPLAINED BY THE CULTURE OF WORKING-CLASS BOYS BUT BY CHANGES IN THE LABOUR MARKET
MAC AN GHAIL
EXPLORES HOW INFORMAL REPUTATIONS GAINED WITHIN THE SCHOOL INFLUENCED OFFICIAL DEFINITIONS OF STUDENTS
PADFIELD
THE ACADEMIC LABEL ATTACHED TO A STUDENT FOLLOWED THEM THROUGH THEIR SCHOOLING AND WAS A CRUCIAL INFLUENCE ON HOW THEY WERE PERCEIVED BY NEW TEACHERS
KEDDIE
THE TYPE OF SCHOOL ATTENDED CAN CREATE A SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY OF SUCCESS OR FAILURE EVEN BEFORE A STUDENT ENTERS THE CLASSROOM
GERWITZ
HARGEAVES STUDY OF LUMLEY SCHOOLS
BOYS WERE STREAMED ON THE BASIS OF ACADEMIC ABILITY
