Family attainment
-
Upload
jasoneetxabe -
Category
Education
-
view
121 -
download
0
Transcript of Family attainment
Family and educational attainment
Introduction:
Study the effect of the family in the educational attainment.
Based on several studies through the last decades.
Family and educational attainment
Theorical Support: Differential Educational attainment different groups (different class, ethnic, gender groups) have different levels of educational
attainment. As research shows, that higher a person’s social class, the higher their
educational attainment.
Family and educational attainment
Differential Educational attainment II Statistical data
Family and educational attainment
Differential Educational attainment III Statistical data
Family and educational attainment
Cyril Burst’s view(1944)
educational psychologist
his research appeared to show that intelligence was
largely inherited and could be measured by the use of
a test (The eleven-test).
strong correlation between results and social class, with middle-
class children getting higher average scores
Family and educational attainment
J.W.B. Douglas (1964)
Made an influential longitudinal study with 5.362 british
children born on 1946 and through primary and
secundary up to 16 years old.
Divided students into groups according to their ability
Students with “High ability” who left secondary school
in their fifth year
SOCIAL CLASS PERCENTAGE
lower-working 50 %
upper-working class 33 %
lower-middle class 22 %
Family and educational attainment
J.W.B. Douglas (1964) part II
Douglas related educational attainment to a variety of
factors, including the student’s health, the size of the
family and the quality of the school but the most
important factor he remarked:
the degree of parents’ interest in their
children’s education
also emphasized the importance of the child’s
early school years
Family and educational attainment
Barry Sugarman (1970)
British Sociologist
Argues that middle and working-class subcultures
contain different attitudes and orientations towards
educational attainment
Fatalism
Inmediate gratification
Present time orientation
Collectivism
Family and educational attainment
Arthur Jensen(1973)/Otto Klineberg(1971)
Arthur Jensen
IQ (intelligence quotient)
Largely inherited from the parents
And partly environment
Otto Klineberg
argues that differences in IQ between social
groups are due to largely to environmental
factors
Family and educational attainment
David Gilborn/Deborah Youdell (2001)
The IQ (intelligence quotient) term has become ABILITY
In general, working-class students are seem to have
less ability than middle-class students
and blacks less ability than whites
As a result education system discriminates against
working class and black students
Family and educational attainment
SUMMARY
social class is crucial to measure educational
attainment.
Parents' positive attitude is also very important
to get a better educational attainement.