Week 5 - school and work Flashcards
(54 cards)
Do schools serve as social institutions that directly impact adolsecents?
YES
Schools atmospheres do not vary . true or false?
False –> can be big/small , lenient/strict, etc…
Why did “comprehensive” schooling come into play during the 20th century?
- climbing enrolments
- more diverse student body
What were the critics to “comprehensive schooling”?
based on
- wealth
- status of students’ parents
What are the benefits to larger schools?
- highly trained teachers
- more resources
What are the benefits to smaller schools?
- more personalized experiences
- less feelings of alienation
- greater attachment to school and their teachers
- more enthusiastic
-safer
-better attendance - higher averages
What is the best size high schools to have in regards to the number of students?
400-900 students
What matters most about school systems?
the CLIMATE that is created!!
- supportive, foster development, and be accessible
What school transitions are there in adolescence?
- going from elementary —> middle school —> high school
- creates a lot of stress
What is one downside to the transition of schools and development process of adolescence?
new school environment is clashing with changing social and cognitive abilities of young adolescents
- trying to learn how to reason, consider alternatives, and experience autonomy but school is enforcing RULES and CONTROL
Is it known for grades to go down the first year you transition to a new school?
YES!!
Entering high school can have what kind of impact on adolescent?
- evaluate envrnmnt more negatively
- weaker sense of belonging
- perceive less teacher and peer support
- lower self-esteem
What is the difference between mastery and performance orientation?
mastery orientation:
- focus on LEARNING and MASTERING TASKS
- focus on PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
- aka task-goal oriented
Performance orientation:
- focus on COMPETITIVE SUCCESS
- tendency to interpret outcomes as a sign of ability or lack of ability
- aka ability-goal oriented
What can mastery orientation lead to?
- cooperative learning (focus on learning rather than getting the right answer, with whole class)
- learn more
- stronger sense of self-efficacy
- more interest
- better sense of belonging
What can performance orientation lead to?
- being competitive
- friendship problems
- less likely to ask for help
- self-handicapping (placing struggles in one’s performance to avoid having to attribute failure to ability)
What is the issue of “tracking” in schools?
- practice of assigning students to a particular curriculum or set of courses on the basis of their presumed abilities (university, college classes)
- racialized youth and those who are lower SES = more likely to be placed in low-ability and non-uni prep courses
- lower ability courses = lower teaching skills, lower expectations
What is “school climate”?
- the general atmosphere of the school
- includes;
1. attitudes of students/staff
2. orders and disciplines
3. student participation
What is the best school climate option?
- demandingness
- responsiveness
What is “stage - environment” fit?
how well does the structure of a child’s environment match the child’s level of development?
What is “school membership”?
the sense that students have of being connected and committed to their school and its positive functioning
If someone has higher educational aspirations, how will this affect the attitudes of classmates ?
more likely to be engaged
have positive self-concepts
If someone has lower educational aspirations and dislike school, how will this affect the attitudes of classmates ?
- reinforce similar attitudes
- negatively affects school climate
Why have indigenous peoples been impacted by having low achievement scores in schools?
- history of marginalization
- residential schools
- discrimination
What impacts a classroom climate?
- teacher’s beliefs, attitudes, and practices
