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Heni, Xiong; Xiaofang, Wang – Chinese Education & Society, 2019
Basil Bernstein argues that speech events bear class characteristics, and different social classes exhibit different linguistic typologies, coding and meaning. Although working-class language is characterized as a closed code in terms of its language structure, it possesses unique educational power, specifically manifesting as its unique meanings…
Descriptors: Working Class, Social Class, Language Variation, Speech Communication
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Meng, Cheng; Yongjiu, Kang – Chinese Education & Society, 2019
"Empathy" is a common educational expectation among lower-class families, as well as a natural response by children. Through analysis of the growth narratives of a group of rural children who were born after the Opening and Reforms and achieved higher educational attainment, this study found that their "empathy" carried plural…
Descriptors: Empathy, Educational Attainment, Intimacy, Emotional Response
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Xiulan, Yu; Yan, Han – Chinese Education & Society, 2019
When disadvantaged families seek to achieve upward social mobility, their most important breakthrough point is for their children to receive an education, and cultural capital is the most likely driving factor influencing educational attainment. In China, although the privileged classes have an advantage in terms of cultural capital, exhibiting a…
Descriptors: Social Mobility, Cultural Capital, Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged
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Yonggui, Dong – Chinese Education & Society, 2019
This study selected 10 rural children who attended undergraduate programs at 211/985 universities as its research subjects, for analysis of the underlying reasons behind their achievement of higher educational attainment. The study found that the principal reasons were as follows: First, escaping a rural area and repaying their parents were…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Educational Attainment, Academic Achievement, Student Attitudes
Kieneker, Nanette; Maas, Judith – 1997
Focusing on minority group children, ages 2 to 4 years, and their mothers, the Netherlands' Samenspel project is intended to be a link between the home environment and the preschool or primary school. Mothers and children go to playgroups once a week, most of which are held in a community center or preschool. This summary report describes a study…
Descriptors: Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Minority Group Children
Bozhenko, Liudmila Fedorovna – Soviet Education, 1990
Reports on a survey involving 700 students and 300 parents in Volgodonsk, Russia. Itemizes types of leisure activities and hours per week of leisure time enjoyed by students and examines amount of organized leisure. Notes that television viewing consumed much of students' leisure time. Underscores parents' critical influence in determining student…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Age Groups, Educational Research, Elementary School Students