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Influence of Culture on Academic Achievement INTRODUCTION -- The Influence of culture

INTRODUCTION -- The Influence of culture on academic

Creating a body of informed citizens.

Developing the individual's ability to think and reason.

Establishing a common body of knowledge and common socialization.

Preparing students for the future (good jobs and a place in society).

PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES also determine differences.

The length of the school day and year.

What kind of testing the system does and when.

The importance the society places on specific subjects.

How each feels about the impact of hard work or innate ability.

The kinds of tradeoffs each society finds acceptable.

THE SOCIETY'S INHERENT DIVERSITY is also a factor.

Ogbu's concept of voluntary and involuntary minorities is relevant in the United States, yet has little bearing in a culture with no real ethnic or racial diversity among its population.

Every society has its own ways of dealing with different genders, with poor students, and with the "gifted."

CONCLUSIONS -- This is a complex issue and some

comparisons, while interesting, should not be used to

condemn one system over another.

This is a discussion of the influence of culture on academic achievement. Different cultures see education as having different goals. Some see school as the beginning of the child's lifelong quest to get the best job possible and do well in society. Some see it as the formal start of a process of socialization that began with birth. Some see it as a necessary evil that fights against the child's individuality and specific cultural heritage. These different views influence how the society as a whole goes about educating its children and how particular children within a society react to school. This presentation looks at why students in some countries consistently outperform those in other places and why certain backgrounds may make success very difficult for children from various ...

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