1st Edition

Families and their Learning Environments An Empirical Analysis

By Kevin Marjoribanks Copyright 1979
    274 Pages
    by Routledge

    274 Pages
    by Routledge

    First published in 1979, this study is one of the first works of educational research to include detailed assessments of family environments in an analysis of performance of children at their schools. Much of the research is based on data collected from families in Australia, Canada and England and the findings have been integrated with results from other family environments research. The study also explores social and psychological conceptual positions that will have relevance for further educational investigations.

    This book will be of particular interest to those studying the relationship between family environments and education, as well as the sociology of education.

    Acknowledgements

    1. Family environments: frameworks for analysis

    2. The ‘Chicago’ and ‘British’ schools if family environment research

    3. Social status and children’s outcomes: analytic models for research

    4. Sibling variables: insignificant or meaningful family environment measures

    5. Families, schools and children’s outcomes

    6. Family environments, person variables and children’s achievement: an interactionist analysis

    7. Ethnicity, family environment, and children’s achievement

    8. Socialization influences on children’s outcomes: conclusions

    Appendix: Family environment schedule

    Bibliography

    Author Index

    Subject Index

    Biography

    Kevin Marjoribanks