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Book SynopsisContributions 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.
Trade ReviewSociologists and education researchers offer new insights into the enduring question of how families and schools shape the experiences of students and teachers and influence the educational outcomes of students. They cover how schools matter: the need for a contextual perspective; preschool enrollment, classroom instruction, elementary school context, and the reading achievement of children from low-income families; the consequences of principal and teacher turnover for school social resources; the effect of mothers' educational credentials on children's outcomes: whether being a first-generation or continuing-generation college graduate matters; children's highbrow cultural activities and academic achievements in Hong Kong; and the hopes carry them on: early educational expectations and later educational outcomes in rural Gansu, China. -- Annotation * (protoview.com) *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Family Environments, School Resources, and Educational Outcomes;
Hyunjoon Park and Grace Kao Xi 1. How Schools Matter: The Need for a Contextual Perspective;
Douglas B. Downey 2. Preschool Enrollment, Classroom Instruction, Elementary School Context, and the Reading Achievement of Children from Low-Income Families;
Robert Crosnoe, Aprile D. Benner and Pamela Davis-Kean 3. The Consequences of Principal and Teacher Turnover for School Social Resources;
Paul Hanselman, Jeffrey Grigg, Sarah K. Bruch and Adam Gamoran 4. The Effect of Mothers' Educational Credentials on Children's Outcomes: Does Being a First-Generation or Continuing-Generation College Graduate Matter?;
Susan A. Dumais and Laura Nichols 5. Children's Highbrow Cultural Activities and Academic Achievement in Hong Kong;
Soo-Yong Byun and Suet-Ling Pong 6. The Hopes Carry Them On: Early Educational Expectations and Later Educational Outcomes in Rural Gansu, China;
Yuping Zhang
