ipl-logo

The Effects Of Socioeconomic Status On Education

810 Words4 Pages

There are many factors that affect, and shape the student’s education, such as demographics, intellect, physical health, mentality, and emotions. However the most important of all factors effecting education is the socioeconomic status (SES). It is “an individual 's or group 's position within a hierarchical social structure. Sociologists often use socioeconomic status as a means of predicting behavior.” The socioeconomic status is based on parental education, income of parents, family’s social status, parental occupation, and the society’s view on the family. This essay shows, the effect of the SES on education, how it affects motivation, the effect it has on the student’s academic achievement in high school, and how it may affect the child’s cognitive development.
Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com, n.d. Web. 25 Nov. 2014.
Mondal, Puja. "7 Important Factors That May Affect the Learning Process." YourArticleLibrarycom The Next Generation Library. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Nov. 2014.

Families with a high SES usually have a better chance in successfully preparing their children for school; this is because they have a wider range of resources to help educate their children. Some of these include, educational toys, books, and high quality childcare. They also have better access to their children’s health, emotions, and social development. Families with a low SES lack financial, educational, and social support, while one with a high SES would have. Families with a low SES have less

Show More
Related

  • Summary Of The Hardship Of Homeless On Campus By Eleanor Bader

    1416 Words  | 6 Pages

    However, wealthier parents more likely to involved in their kid live to teach them the way to talk to others, help them have the change to learn and participate in different activities and show them how they can involve in their environment. For this reason, students with low-income or middle classes usually didn't have the time to interact, communicate and connect with their parents. As a result, if the students have any stressful toward their grade and schools and they

    Read More

  • Summary Of Outliers By Malcolm Gladwell

    515 Words  | 3 Pages

    Nicole Giannecchini 5 Nov. 2014 English 101 Ware So Smart yet So Stupid In Chapter four of Outliers Malcolm Gladwell suggests that somewhere lost in the hierarchy of our society is the reason that specific children succeed. Gladwell explains that while every child has a right to be curious, and to learn some have it a little easier than others.

    Read More

  • Summary Of Lies My Teacher Told Me Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

    694 Words  | 3 Pages

    “Social science research show that teachers are often surprise and even distressed when poor students excel”. (203) Social class determines one’s future. Those who are higher on the social ladder may excel through life with no understanding of how they got

    Read More

  • Comparing Schools By Achievement Scores In City Club By Macke Reymond

    554 Words  | 3 Pages

    (Reymond) This being said, schools which contain large numbers of minority, special education, or English language learners are most likely going to have a lower achievement score than average schools due to the various differences behind

    Read More

  • Book Review Of Outliers By Malcolm Gladwell

    1490 Words  | 6 Pages

    The dissimilarities are quite considerable. For illustration, David Brooks asserts, “Recently, more affluent parents have invested much more in their children’s futures while less affluent parents have not” (Brooks 1). More specifically, the parents at the upper end of the affluence scale have invested more time and money in their children than parents at the lower end of the affluence scale do. The article states, “A

    Read More

  • Poverty In American Education

    356 Words  | 2 Pages

    The word poverty derives from the Latin word paupertāt, which means moderate circumstances. Such a definition best describes the situation for millions of young American students. Throughout American history, poverty and education have gone hand-in-hand for many students. From getting picked on for how the person is dressed (Carson & Murphy, 2011), to not receiving the proper funding need to create a quality school (Gonzales, 2016), the life of an impoverished student is no joking matter.

    Read More

  • Gang Violence In Chicago

    833 Words  | 4 Pages

    The characteristics of the environment in which they are raised matter, especially taking into account those of the direct family in which they are raised in. When considering the difference between children who have experienced poverty, those who grew up in better neighborhoods are more likely to complete high school, finish four years of college compared to children who were raised in neighborhoods with a high crime rate, and where the financial difficulties of them are mirrored in their peers. Children are not given the same opportunities as their counterparts based upon the location of their birth. Children who are raised in poverty are automatically and unfortunately members of the cycle of poverty, in which crime rates are high, and education quality is

    Read More

  • Low Socioeconomic Inequalities In High Schools

    452 Words  | 2 Pages

    Research shows that schools such as Fishers High School have high graduation rates due to its curriculum, opportunity and staff of highly regarded teachers, but there 's always a percentage of students getting left behind. It’s something uncontrollable as of now, but who is this group? People with lower social status and more of the minorities than the white majority. Low income students and its correlates, such as lower education, poverty and poor health, ultimately affect our society as a whole. Inequities in wealth distribution, resource distribution and quality of life are increasing in the United States and globally.

    Read More

  • James Loewen The Land Of Opportunity Summary

    515 Words  | 3 Pages

    In James W. Loewen’s “The Land of Opportunity,” he states that social class affects the way children are raised. He discusses the inequality in today’s society and how the textbooks in high school do not give any social class information. The students in today’s time are not taught everything they should be taught. He states that your family’s wealth is what makes up your future. Loewen discusses that people with more money can study for the SATs more productively and get a better score than someone who has less money.

    Read More

  • Social Inequalities In Education Essay

    732 Words  | 3 Pages

    They think that for that technology have the ferules and there are a lot of education inequalities. Also, family background influences cultural knowledge and perceptions. Middle class knowledge of norms and customs allows students with this background to better navigate the school system. Parents from this class and above also have social networks that prove to be more beneficial than networks based in lower classes. These connections may help students gain access to the right schools, activities, etc additionally, children from poorer families, who are often minorities, come from families that distrust institutions.

    Read More

  • Contextual Factors Affecting Childhood Development

    943 Words  | 4 Pages

    Moreover Shonkoff & Phillips (2000) found that high SES parents provide more teaching experiences and engage children in conversations. And language proficiencies are higher and have a positive relation to economic advantages of children’s homes and the frequency of language experiences (Hart & Risley, 1995). A survey showed that maternal occupation conditions and hourly wages have

    Read More

  • Essay On Meritocracy And Education

    1205 Words  | 5 Pages

    Education is affected by social class; directly and indirectly. Looking at directly first we can see that individuals from higher social classes are more likely to have the resources to attend the elicit schools, and as a result have a better chance of receiving high exam results and continuing to third level. While indirectly, people who benefit from these higher educational opportunities are more likely to acquire the top jobs which in turn will result in the highest salaries. Thus education and social class closely connected and one impacts the other. This paper will explore how ones’ social class affects their educational experience and outcome particularly focusing on working-class students.

    Read More

  • Socioeconomic Status Essay

    495 Words  | 2 Pages

    SES also affects people 's education outcomes in the sense that basic education skills directly relate to the home surrounding, such that low literacy societies and life pressure negatively influences a person’s basic knowledge. Schools situated where communities have low SES record poor academic results. Proactive measures like creation of job opportunities are necessary in mitigating adverse effects related to low socioeconomic

    Read More

  • Walberg's Theory Of Educational Productivity

    1145 Words  | 5 Pages

    Several studies have been done to identify problems that affects student’s academic performance. The students’ academic performance depends on a number of socio-economic factors like students’ presence of trained teacher in school, teacher-student ratio, attendance in the class, sex of the student, family income, mother’s and father’s education, , and distance of schools (Amitava Raychaudhuri,

    Read More

  • The Importance Of The Teaching And Learning Process

    1022 Words  | 5 Pages

    Schools are the second place after home where students’ behavior and future educational success are shaped. At schools there are many elements or factors that can influence the teaching and learning process that may take place. Rasyid (2012) stated that there are four perennial truths that make the teaching and learning process possible to take place in the classroom. If one of these is not available, there will be no teaching and learning process, though the learning process itself may still take place, they are: (1) Teacher, (2) Students, (3) Material and (4) Context of time and place. All of them are related to one another.

    Read More

More about The Effects Of Socioeconomic Status On Education

Open Document