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Direct linkWilliams, Julian; Choudry, Sophina – Research in Mathematics Education, 2016
Mathematics education needs a better appreciation of the dominant power structures in the educational field: Bourdieu's theory of capital provides a good starting point. We argue from Bourdieu's perspective that school mathematics provides capital that is finely tuned to generationally reproduce the social structures that serve to keep the…
Descriptors: Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Social Structure, Power Structure
Oyserman, Daphna; Destin, Mesmin – Counseling Psychologist, 2010
Children want to succeed academically and attend college but their actual attainment often lags behind; some groups (e.g., boys, low-income children) are particularly likely to experience this gap. Social structural factors matter, influencing this gap in part by affecting children's perceptions of what is possible for them and people like them in…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Motivation, Models, Counseling Techniques
Bertrand, Alvin L., Ed.; Von Brock, Robert C., Ed. – 1968
The monograph is based upon a series of papers presented at a 1967 staff development workshop on the Conceptual Frameworks of the Social Sciences: Implication for Laboratory Programs. The four major areas investigated by these papers are: (1) the nature of culture and its relationship to educational processes; (2) the application of social…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Diffusion, Educational Change, Models
Pearce, Richard R. – American Educational Research Journal, 2006
Chinese Americans' high levels of educational achievement have earned them attention as a "model minority" to be emulated by underachieving and underrepresented minority groups. However, the model minority analogy does not adequately explain how this achievement is realized, nor how such information can be used to help other groups close the…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Cultural Influences, Chinese Americans, Academic Achievement
Rex, John – 1970
This book seeks to develop sociological theory adequate to deal with the various uses to which racism has been put. How particular political orders apply "scientific" rationalizations, including race, to disguise their true origins in force, violence, and usurpation is demonstrated. Analysis of exploitative conditions starts with an objective…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Influences, Ethnic Groups, Models
Download full textGANS, HERBERT J. – 1967
THE TEACHING AND LEARNING PROVIDED BY BOTH THE MASS MEDIA AND THE SCHOOLS SHOULD BE ANALYZED. THIS RESEARCH WOULD CONCENTRATE ON NETWORK TELEVISION AND THE URBAN AND SUBURBAN LOWER MIDDLE CLASS SCHOOLS AND COMPARE THEIR SUCCESS AS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. THE ANALYSIS COULD COMPARE THE STRUCTURES OF THESE INSTITUTIONS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS AND…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, American Culture, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Influences
