Can Education Compensate for Society?

Autor/in	Pring, Richard
Titel	Can Education Compensate for Society?
Quelle	In: FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 53 (2011) 1, S.153-162 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0963-8253
DOI	10.2304/forum.2011.53.1.153
Schlagwörter	Social Class; Educational Attainment; Social Mobility; Socioeconomic Background; Disadvantaged Youth; Social Influences; Poverty; Correlation; Academic Achievement; Social Change; At Risk Students; Equal Education; Educational History + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Soziale Mobilität; Sozioökonomische Lage; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Sozialer Einfluss; Armut; Korrelation; Schulleistung; Sozialer Wandel; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte
Abstract	The extent to which education can compensate for social disadvantage is a matter of political controversy, especially in the context of policies for social mobility. On the one hand, to blame poor achievement on social class or poverty was seen to dodge the professional responsibility of teachers. On the other, the strong correlation between social disadvantage and school attainment would suggest that schooling alone cannot compensate--more radical social changes are needed. This article analyses what it means to explain educational attainment in terms of social background, and seeks to avoid the confusion of such explanatory accounts with those of causality. (Contains 21 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10