PSY210H1 Lecture Notes - American Kids, Effective Schools, Stereotype Threat
Document Summary
Schooling: class and student body size, educational philosophies, school transitions, teacher-student interaction, group practices, teaching students with special needs, parent-school partnerships, funding, montessori schools, cultural differences. 14,000 hours spent in school until graduating high school. How do children learn: rousseau: children born with natural abilities, piaget & vygotsky: children naturally curious, construct view of world. Children should be given opportunity to explore: traditional schools: standardized curriculum, insensitive to inclinations of individual children. Schools as complex social systems : class and student body size. Small class sizes (13-17 students) from kindergarten until 3rd grade = higher achievement from grade 4-9: no consistent impact from teachers aides in regular-sized classrooms though. Larger schools = elite few are active in club leadership: smaller schools = greater sense of personal responsibility, competence, challenge from extra curricular activities, less dropouts in small schools, educational philosophies. Teacher is the sole authority for knowledge, rules, decision making and does most the talking.
