CPSY 4331 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12 (pp. 433-449): Effective Schools, Absenteeism, Cooperative Learning
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School as a socialization agent: schools influence many aspects of development. Formal scholastic curricula are intended to impart academic knowledge. Schooling promotes cognitive and metacognitive development by teaching rules and problem-solving strategies that can be applied to many different kinds of information. Schools also pursue an informal curriculum that teaches children culturally valued social skills that help them to become good citizens. Informal curriculum: noncurricular objectives of schooling such as teaching children to cooperate, respect authority, obey rules, and become good citizens: aside from fostering children"s cognitive development, some schools are more. Effective than others at producing positive outcomes such as low absenteeism, and enthusiastic attitude about learning, academic achievement, occupational skills, and socially desirable patterns of behavior. What makes a school effective is not the precise amount of money spent per pupil, average class size, or whether schools practice ability teaching or mixed- ability instruction.
