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Tracking (or streaming) students into curriculum groups
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| Tracking (or streaming) students into curriculum groups.
This refers to the practice of placing students in specific curriculum groups on the basis of intelligence test scores and other criteria. Tracking begins very early, often during the first grade and puts children from low-income families at a disadvantage. Differential access to higher education and tracking are evident in many nations around the world. In the view of conflict theorists, the educational inequalities resulting from funding disparities and tracking are designed to meet the needs of modern capitalist societies. In George Bernard Shaw's play «Pygmalion» the flower girl Eliza Doolittle is transformed into a «lady» by Professor Henry Higgins. He changes her manner of speech and teaches her the etiquette of «high society». But is it actually possible to change anyone's behaviour simply by treating the person differently? Researchers who view education from interactionist perspective have been particularly interested in this question. They suggest that if we treat people in particular ways, they may fulfill our expectations. The authors of the book «Pygmalion in the Classroom» prove that teacher's expectations about a student's performance can sometimes have an impact on the student's actual achievements. Clearly, education has become a vast and complex social institution throughout the world. It prepares citizens for the various roles demanded by other social institutions, such as the family, government, and the economy. In many respects, today's educational institutions, when viewed as formal organizations, are similar to factories, hospitals, and business firms. жүктеу/скачать 1,01 Mb. Достарыңызбен бөлісу:
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