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Direct linkTorff, Bruce – Educational Forum, 2014
Folk belief theory is suggested as a primary cause for the persistence of the achievement gap. In this research-supported theory, culturally specified folk beliefs about learning and teaching prompt educators to direct more rigorous curriculum to high-advantage students but not to low-advantage students, resulting in impoverished pedagogy in…
Descriptors: Folk Culture, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Schools, Change Strategies
