Family environments, school resources, and educational outcomes / edited by Grace Kao, Hyunjoon Park.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kao, Grace (Grace Y.), editor.

Park, Hyunjoon, editor.

Series:

Research in sociology of education ; v. 19.

Research in sociology of education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Academic achievement.

Educational evaluation.

Students--Family relationships.

Students.

Home and school.

Physical Description:

xix, 190 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bingley : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2016.

Summary:

Sociologists and education researchers have long studies families and schools as two most relevant resources affecting children's educational outcomes. Studies collected in this volume highlight how various family and school resources matter for educational outcomes in diverse contexts. Readers will find how a variety of family resources such as parents' and children's own educational expectations, participation in cultural activities and parenting approaches in relation to mothers education influence children's educational outcomes in rural-China. Hong Kong, and the United states. Moreover, this volume features two studies illustrating how elementary school settings and environments in the United States shape educational experiences of students and teachers. Finally, in a special essay, Professor Downey proposes a need for a contextual perspective to understand the roles of schools for educational stratification. As a whole, the current volume offers diverse and new insights into the "old" question of how families and schools matter in Sociology of Education. Book jacket.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781784416287

1784416282

OCLC:

956526963