Family and School Capital: Towards a Context Theory of Students' School Outcomes /

One of the persistent challenges confronting societies is how to reduce inequalities in the educational and occupational attainment of students from different socio-economic, ethnic and race group backgrounds. This book represents a major advance in examining such educational problems. From an analy...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marjoribanks, Kevin
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2002.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. A Model of Family and School Capital
  • 2. Family Background, Family Structure and Students' Outcomes
  • 3. Family Educational Capital and Students' Outcomes
  • 4. School Structures and Students' Outcomes
  • 5. School Capital and Outcomes
  • 6. Interpretive Analysis of Families and Schools
  • 7. Family and School Capital: Interpretive Analyses
  • 8. A Theory of Students' School Outcomes
  • Appendices. A. Family Capital Scale. B. School Attitude Scale. C. Perceived Family Capital Scale. D. Perceived School Capital Scale
  • References
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index.