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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798572403321

Titolo

Family environments, school resources, and educational outcomes / / edited by Grace Kao, Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Hyunjoon Park , Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Pubbl/distr/stampa

United Kingdom : , : Emerald, , 2016

ISBN

1-78441-627-4

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 190 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Research in the sociology of education, , 1479-3539 ; ; v. 19

Disciplina

301.072

Soggetti

Academic achievement

Educational evaluation

Students - Family relationships

Home and school

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

How schools matter : the need for a contextual perspective / Douglas B. Downey -- Preschool enrollment, classroom instruction, elementary school context, and the reading achievement of children from low-income families / Robert Crosnoe, Aprile D. Benner, Pamela Davis-Kean -- The consequences of principal and teacher turnover for school social resources / Paul Hanselman ... [et al.] -- The effect of mothers' educational credentials on children's outcomes : does being a first-generation or continuing-generation college graduate matter? / Susan A. Dumais, Laura Nichols -- Children's highbrow cultural activities and academic achievement in Hong Kong / Soo-Yong Byun, Suet-ling Pong -- The hopes carry them on : early educational expectations and later educational outcomes in rural Gansu, China / Yuping Zhang.

Sommario/riassunto

Contributions come from authors spread around the globe, illuminating how the efficacy and ideologies of schooling variably unfold in differing national and historical contexts. Written by sociologists, anthropologists, economists, and cultural critics, this journal offers lively and accessible empirical work to a broad audience.