foundation of education 11
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សាកលវិ�ទ្យា�លយវេវិវេ� �នWestern University
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Department of English Lecturer: Mr. SOEUNG SOPHA Group 2: 1. Chhit Seyha
2. Seng Saksreyney3. Norng Chanmoninich
ACADEMIC YEAR: 2012 & 2013
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Chapter11: Social Class, Race, and School Achievement
After we finish this chapter we will know:
Social Class and Success in School.
Race, Ethnicity, and School Success.
Reason for Low Achievement among
Low-Status Students.
Do Schools equalize opportunity?
Focus Question
What is the relationship between social class and success
in the educational system? How do environment and heredity affect low achievement
level? What are the major reasons for low achievement among
students with low socioeconomic status? What roles do home family environment play in
encouraging or discouraging high achievement?
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Social Class and Success in school
American Society is generally understood to consist of three broad class:
Upper Class
Middle Class
Working Class
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Cambodia Social Class
Elite group (upper Class)
Middle Class
Lower Class
Categories of Social Class
W. Lloyd Warner and his colleagues used four main variables – occupation, education, income, and housing value – classify five groups:
1. Upper Class : wealthy persons.
2. Upper middle Class : Professionals, managers, small
business owners.
3. Lower middle Class: Technical workers, technicians, sales
personnel, and clerical workers.
4. Upper lower Class : Skilled crafts workers.
5. Lower lower Class : Unskilled manual workers.
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Research on Social Class and School Success
Table 11.1 Percentages of Eighth Graders Performing at or above Proficient levels
Mathematics Reading
Parental Education
Not graduated high school 9 13
Graduated high school 17 20
Some education after high school
28 33
Graduated college 40 43
Type of community
Central City 24 27
Urban fringe/ large town 32 36
Rural/small town 29 32
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Cambodian students participate school as percentage
< 6 6-14 15-19 20-24 25+
28.91% 80.19% 51.83% 14.37% 1.20%
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Cambodian students as percentage in schooling
Years Literacy (ages14-15) as % Survival grades (1-9 ) as % Girls & Boys (grade 10-12) in %
1999 82
2001 33 48
2005 83.4 29.3 59.9
2015 Goal 100 Goal 100 Goal 100
Social Class, College Participation, and National Problem
Social Class: is associated with many educational outcomes in
reading, math, and other subjects. College Participation: Working-class students have low
achievement scores than middle- class students to
complete high school or to enroll in and complete
college. National Problem: About 25% of high-school graduates from the
lowest two socioeconomic quartiles enter college
and attain a postsecondary degree, compared with
more than 80% of high-school graduates in the
highest quartile.
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Race, Ethnicity, and School Success
Race : Identifies groups of people with common ancestry
and physical characteristic. Ethnicity : Identifies people who have a shared culture,
member of an ethnic group usually have common
ancestry and share language, religion, and other
culture trait. School success: Status of minority groups, Eighth-grade
samples, Gain by minorities, Dropout rates, and
College attendance.
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Figure 11.1: Indicators of School Performance and Socioeconomic Background, by Racial and Ethnic group
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The social problem of Minority Status plus Urban Poverty
1. The African American population of the United States has become more economically polarized.
2. Social institution such as family, the school, and the law enforcement system often appear to have collapse in the inner city.
3. The concentration of low-income minority populations in big-city poverty areas has increase their isolation from the larger city.
4. The problems experience by young black males have escalated enormously.
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Comparing the Influence of Social Class and Ethnicity
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Working-Class white students as a group low achievement and college attainment, whereas middle-class minority students, as a group, rank relatively high on these variables.
Minority of working-class and underclass, their children remain much less successful in the educational system than are the children of the middle-class.
Reasons for Low Achievement among Low-Status Students
• Over the past forty years, much research has been aimed at understanding and finding out the reasons for low-achieving students from working-class and poor families. And groups them under
•3 major factors:
I. Home environmentII. Heredity versus environment
III. Obstacles in classroom
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I. Home Environment
The previous chapter has pointed out that: “Children’s families are the most important agent in
their early socialization and education.” Many working-class students grow up in homes that
fail to prepare them well for school.3 key sets of characteristics important to their school
achievement:
1) Knowledge and understanding
3) Values and attitudes
2) Cognitive and Verbal skills
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Wide knowledge of the world outside the home through access to books and cultural institutions (for
example, museums), parental teaching, and exploration of diverse environment.
That are helpful for children when they are enter school.
1) Knowledge and understanding
But Working-class children are less likely
to acquired it than Middle-class children
So, Lacking of these things may
limit understanding needed at school..!
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Cognitive( thinking ) and Verbal( speaking) Skills.
That both Middle- and Working-class children develop them with “ordinary” or “restricted”
language .
2) Cognitive and Verbal Skills
But Middle-class children are superior in the use of “formal” or “elaborated” language.
So, “Restricted” or “Ordinary” language does not help prepare poor children for
school..!
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In many working-class homes ill-prepare children to function independently in the school .
Middle-class families tend to stress independent learning and self-directed thinking by:
3) Values and Attitudes
Stimulation by home environment
Early cognitive development
Early brain development
So, “ Focus on Control” does not encourage higher-order thinking or independent problem-solving skills
needed at school...!
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II. Heredity - vs - Environment
“ Heredity”- refers to the characteristics are given from
parents’ genes.
“ Environment” – refers to surroundings or conditions
you live in.
Q: Which one cause the lower scores on intelligence tests
of children ?
1) Heredity? 3) Both?2) Environment?
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A: Working-class children average lower scores on intelligence tests may be related to environment or
heredity, or both.Debate over why scores are low includes at
least three views:
1) Hereditarian: differences in intellectual capacity are inborn, affected little by environment.
2) Environmentalist: family, school, and culture environment are major factors in determining IQ
test performance.
3) Synthesis: both environment and heredity contribute to IQ and school performance.
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So, Teachers and Parents should provide the best possible environment for each child to make the most of their inherited abilities.
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II. Obstacles in the Classroom
We have noted that the home and family environment
of many working-class student lacks the kind of
educational stimulation needed to prepare students for
success in the classroom.
! However, certain school and classroom dynamics
also cause these low achievements.
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List of the most classroom obstacles:
1. Inappropriate curriculum and instruction2. Lack of previous success in school3. Ineffective fixation on low-level learning4. Difficult teaching conditions in working-class schools5. Teacher perceptions of student inadequacies6. Ineffective homogeneous grouping7. Delivery-of-service problems8. Overly large classes9. Lack of teacher preparation and experience10. Negative peer pressure11. Differences between teacher and student backgrounds12. Incompatibility between classroom expectations and students’
behavioral patterns/ learning styles13. Accumulating effects of information-poor homes and
neighborhoods
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Do Schools Equalize Opportunity?
The research discussed in the preceding section indicates that disproportionate number of student from low-income background enter school poorly prepared to succeed in traditional classrooms and inlater years rank relatively low in school achievement and in other indicators of success.
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Coleman’s study: Equal educational opportunity has received considerable attention since the1966 publication of a massive national study conducted by James Coleman and his colleagues .
Influence of school spending versus social class: As expected ,they report that achievement related strongly to student’s socioeconomic background and that school with high proportions of working-class ,and underclass student generally received less funding than did middle-class school.
* Student’s personal socioeconomic background. *The social class status of other students in the
school.
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Jencks’s conclusions:• 1 School achievement depend s substantially on
student ‘s family characteristics.• 2 Family background accounts for nearly half the
variation in occupational status and up to 35 %of the variation in earning.
• 3 The school accomplish relatively little in terms of reducing the achievement gap between student with higher and lower socioeconomic.
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International parallels: The scholars at the world bank after reviewing several decades of international research, report that family background has an “early and apparently lasting influence "on achievement.
Significant socioeconomic: Student with low socioecomic status tend to perform poorly in school and later have restricted employment opportunities, a substantial proportion of working class child and some from families living in poverty do eventually attain middle class status.
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Role of education :has help many people surpass their parent's status
College as the dividing line: Educationincreasingly determines socioeconomic statusand mobility ,college attendance andgraduation constitute a kind of diving linebetween those likely to attain high socioeconomic
status and those not. Continuing disadvantages of underclass: The success of many working-class student opportunity educational social and economic
aretoo few to overcome the disadvantage of
underclass.
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Traditional versus Revisionist Interpretation
Opposite view of U.S schools:• The revisionist view of schools, in contrast
holds that the school fail to provide most disadvantage student with a meaning chance to succeed in society.• Critical theory or critical pedagogy used as synonyms for the revisionist view. The following sections explore the ramifications of these two arguments.
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The Traditional View is the relationship among social class educational achievement ,and economic success ,but they emphasize existing opportunities and data including many working-class youth do experience social mobility through school and other institutions.
The Revisionist View and Critical Pedagogy Education as maintaining elite dominate: revisionist
content that elite group control the school and thus channel disadvantaged student :
1 Second rate: Secondary school and programs 2 Third-rate: community colleges 3 Fourth-rate: jobs
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•Why students resist: Much analysis in critical pedagogy has been referred to as resistance theory, which attempts to explain why some students with low socioeconomic status refuse to conform to school expectations or to comply with teacher ‘’s demands.• What teacher should do: Using a variety of
related terms such as critical discourse ,engagement, and critical literacy.
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An intermediate ViewpointThis chapter provide data indicating that working class students as a group under perform middle-class students.School’s failures versus success :not all working class students and minority student fail in the school and not all middle class student succeed.Lowest class position are most frozen:On status mobility in the United Sates indicates that people at the bottom level mostly tend to freeze into parents status.
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Minorities and concentrated poverty:
Social and demographic trend have concentrated many child in low-income urban and rural communities in school extremely low on achievement measures.
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