1. Social Prejudice In Schools
... misinterpret certain students' abilities. J. Oakes suggests that one of the reasons this happens is because of the existence of a "hidden curriculum-, one in which teachers' expectations and judgments are based on subtle behavior traits that are a part of each student's home life and are brought to the classroom. Many students in lower tracks are placed there because of, according to Oakes ... students weren't respected by those students. In their book, Social Foundations of Educational Decisions, Fischer and Thomas state that distinctive things about a subculture (including language and...
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