| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Research in sociology of education ; volume 19
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Research in sociology of education ; v. 19.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Family environments, school resources, and educational outcomes / Hyunjoon Park and Grace Kao -- How schools matter : the need for a contextual perspective / Douglas B. Downey -- Preschool enrollment, classroom instruction, elemenary school context, and the reading achievement of children from low-income families / Robert Crosnoe, Aprile D. Benner and Pamela Davis-Kean -- The consequences of principal and teacher turnover for school and social resources / Paul Hanselman, Jeffrey Grigg, Sarah K. Bruch and Adam Gamoran -- 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 -- Children's highbrow cultural activities and academic achievement in Hong Kong / Soo-yong Byun and Suet-ling Pong -- The hopes carry them on : early educational expectations and later educational outcomes in rural Gansu, China / Yuping Zhang. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Home and school.
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Home and school. |
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Academic achievement.
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Academic achievement. |
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Educational evaluation.
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Educational evaluation. |
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Students -- Family relationships.
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Students -- Family relationships. |
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Students. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Grace Kao, Hyunjoon Park. Family Environments, School Resources, and Educational Outcomes. [Place of publication not identified] : Emerald Group Publishing Limited : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2016 9781784416287 1784416282 (OCoLC)956526963 |
| ISBN |
9781784416270 (electronic book) |
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1784416274 (electronic book) |
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9781784416287 |
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1784416282 |
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