PSYCH 3JJ3 Lecture Notes - Cooperative Learning
26 Apr 2014
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9 school and media: children in an electronic age. Children are also beginning school at younger ages and staying until older ages. The informal school agenda: teaching the rules, norms, and values children need to get along in society, helping children develop the skills they need to interact with their peers. School size and organization: large and small schools do not differ much in the variety of activities they offer, participation in extracurricular activities is actually higher in smaller schools. In small schools, more positions than students to fill them and greater sense of obligation to participate: participation in extracurricular activities is linked to a number of positive outcomes. Higher self esteem, better school attendance, higher achievement motivation, and lower likelihood of drinking or using drugs. Less likely to get involved in delinquent behaviour, become pregnant, experience depression, or commit suicide: age groupings in schools. School transitions in different age based school organizations:
