In this paper I intend to describe situations that Frank McCourt wrote about using sociological concepts of cultural capital, hegemonic curriculum, and hidden curriculum/the gender code. ... One teacher explained to McCourt, "don't worry about Your World and You and the midterm test. ... Distribute the test, watch the kids scribble what they don't know, retrieve the tests. ... Sociological Concept # 3 Hidden Curriculum/Gender Code These sociological concepts go hand in hand when used to describe situations in this book. ... The gender code defines appropriate models of masculinity...

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Social class and minority ethnic groups are main reasons for attainment gap, but gender is still significant. ... However, despite the gap between gender attainment, gender is not one of the main reason for difference academically and focus is still on minority ethnic groups and social classes. ...

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Regardless of a person's gender, background, or social welfare status, everyone should have an equal chance to make the most of their skills.  ... Fourth, Finland´s educational system does not find it necessary to test the school and the students with standard assessments. The main reasons for this are that they prioritize individuality and creativity, so they test each student on his individual progress. ... Furthermore, they want to avoid teaching exclusively for the tests and competition among students, because they think that testing must positively affect the student´s learning, n...

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Things that need to be discussed: a) Philosophical perspectives b) Gender issues and education c) Maori education, d) Pacific education The two stances that each of the above need to be applied to: Education = Commodity; makes it a level playing ground, tradable, no one has more access Education = Public Good; benefit of the whole community, should be freely available. 2a : of, relating to, or affecting all the people or the whole area of a nation or state b : of or relating to a government c : of, relating to, or being in the service of the community or nation 3 a : of or r...

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Grades and test scores are low. ... Many students wish to attend religious schools, or single gender schools, or any other private institution that is not considered the norm. ... Schools are graded on safety, education of teachers, and test scores. ... In Cleveland, a new study shows test scores for scholarship students to be 11-12% better than when the students attended public schools. ...

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When people think about discrimination, they usually associate it with race or gender. ... My Spanish teacher even told me that if I didn't do well on a test, I could take it over after the season. ...

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