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Cycle 8:Equity issues in Education - Coggle Diagram
Cycle 8:Equity issues in Education
Moodle discussion
Introduce background of SE schools
Danny: DSS, mainly NCS students with South-east asian background
Wendy: DSS, mainly local students
Bianca: DSS, students with different nationality
Happy: Aided school
Observation during SE
Danny: tailor-made curriculum & high-tach learning tools
Wendy: registration forms of transfer students & ECA
Bianca: identify high SES students' characteristics: more confident & less dependent to schools
self-efficacy
social motivation
Happy: support & subsidy for underprivileged students in AS
Comparison ./. DSS & AS
identify the problem
no completely equal education
school & teacher : improve the situation & narrow the gap
Reflection
The role of education & teachers
Help underprivileged students to recognize their potential & value
ensure quality education
Perspectives
Social-Economic Status (SES)
Incomes, capitals, occupations and even education
are different --> inequality
Mobility
Social mobility
Can education enable upward mobility?
Vertical mobility
Horizontal mobility
Schooling & teaching
Direct subsidy schools VS Aided schools
Does schooling involves in the perpetuation of social inequality
Resources
Evenly distributed?
High SES students: relatively abundant resources from schools and families
Extra-curricular activities (ECA)
Learning tools
DSS: more resources : tailor-made curriculum for students
Theories involved
Conflict Theory
The poor become poorer, the rich become richer
Education
Dominated group: shaping education for the benefits of themselves, e.g. through exam: assessment for selection: to select rational expert leaders
To a certain extent, schools reinforce social startification
Future allocation of the society
Knowledge economy: better qualifications for the workforce
Mobility is uncommon
EI theories
Social Motivation
Self-efficacy