EDUC1010 Chapter 4 – Flashcards
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Tracking
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A system that molds educational and career paths of children at a very early age
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John Goodland
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found that teachers vary considerably in how efficiency they use time
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Two thirds of classroom time is talk and
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two thirds of that time teachers are doing the talking
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affective student needs
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often overlooked when focus is on standards, testing and competition.
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In Life in the Classrooms
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Phillip Jackson characterizes school life as busy teachers working with students often forced to delay or deny their needs
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In many schools about 2/3 of the students from the upper social classes but
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less than 15% from the lower classes were in the college preparatory program.
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Phillip Jackson called Teachers because they direct the flow of classroom interaction.
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gatekeepers
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Low teacher expectations and unchallenging courses may encourage
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student passivity and boredom
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Gender Wall
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Describes communication and friendship patterns of peer groups in elementary classrooms.
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When people remember their school experoences, they are most likely to recall
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issues concerning the social status system
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a characteristic of adolescent culture in school is
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that they are preoccupation with physical attractiveness and peer popularity
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Phillip Jackson characterizes school life as
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busy teachers working with students often forced to delay or deny their needs
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McKinney-Vento Act
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Schools cannot discriminate against a home child or deny them access to school activity
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Raphaela Best's study
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Revealed that the boys are rejected from the dominant peer group exhibit social, emotional, and academic problems.
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Research indicates that because of non-instructional demands (discipline problems, attendance, etc.)
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Teachers lose about 25% of instructional time
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McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act
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provides the homeless with food, literacy training, and other services.
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Jennie Oakes' Keeping Track
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offered a scathing indictment of racial influence on tracking
