Essays about: "educational equity"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 essays containing the words educational equity.
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1. Educational superintendents' perspectives of a national networking project on school segregation in Sweden : Lessons to be learned?
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktikAbstract : World-wide, countries struggle with providing equitable education to all children, where the socioeconomic (SES) background of the students does not affect their educational attainment and achievement. School segregation has been shown in previous research to exacerbate the influence of family background on educational achievement and attainment. READ MORE
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2. Of Pronunciation and Correctness : The current impossibility of ensuring equitable pronunciation education in Sweden
University essay fromAbstract : This paper aims at investigating how upper secondary school teachers of English in Malmö, Sweden abide by the curriculum criteria of having their learners develop correctness in speech, as well as what support English teachers receive with regard to pronunciation teaching from official steering documents. Furthermore, this paper attempts to critically evaluate and discuss potential options for pronunciation models or standards in education which hold sway in contemporary research. READ MORE
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3. The Ethnic Barrier : An exploratory study of the perception of ethnic diversity within investment banks in Sweden
University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)Abstract : This paper aims to give an insight into how employees, with foreign backgrounds, at investment banks in Sweden perceive the industry with respect to ethnic diversity. Furthermore, it intends to investigate how employees within investment banks believe ethnic diversity can be improved with a focus on the recruitment process. READ MORE
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4. THE USE OF DIVERSITY DOLLS IN EARLY EDUCATION
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogikAbstract : Aim: The objectives of the study is first to identify how children respond on an Emotional level to the diversity doll with special educational needs and secondly, to examine whether the diversity doll creates empathy as an important anti-bias approach. Theory: The theoretical framework used in this study is Bandura’s social learning theory (1977). READ MORE
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5. EDUCATIONAL QUALITY AND EQUITY IN SOUTH AFRICA: EVIDENCE FROM TIMSS 2015
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogikAbstract : Aim: This study aims to investigate the relationship between teacher qualification and characteristics, teacher instructional quality, students’ family socioeconomic background, and student mathematics achievement with the South Africa data from TIMSS 2015. Theory: The dynamic model of educational effectiveness, proposed by Creemers and Kyriakides (2008) in understanding variables within each level and across different levels related (such as student-level and classroom-level), and Input-Process-Outcome (IPO) model, proposed by Goe (2007) was used as the theoretical framework which leads the selection of variables and was operationalized with the achievement and contextual data available in South Africa TIMSS 2015 data. READ MORE
