Human Capital or Cultural Capital? - Ethnicity and Poverty Groups in an Urban School District (Paperback)

This study seeks to reorient our understanding of the early educational determinants of social stratification outcomes. It focuses on the process and consequences of unequal cognitive skill attainment for ethnic and poverty groups within our nation's cities. It draws, theoretically, on the notion that experiences at home and school create a feedback loop by which the "cultural capital" of the students (their toolkit of skills, habits, and styles with which they construct strategies of action) evolves over time and largely determines differential success in mastering the teacher-assigned homework.

General

Imprint:	AldineTransaction
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Social Institutions and Social Change Series
Release date:	December 1996
First published:	1996
Authors:	George Farkas
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	232
ISBN-13:	978-0-202-30524-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching of specific groups > General
LSN:	0-202-30524-4
Barcode:	9780202305240

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