This ideal model of education belies class, gender and cultural heritage as social dividers, suggesting that all students are offered equal opportunity for success based on merit. ... 'new sociology of education showing how attention to everyday and apparently minor practices, such as how teachers talked to you...could reveal much about how education worked – could illuminate the 'processes of educating'. ... (p. 415) McLeod espouses the merits of meritocratic schooling which emphasizes the rights and freedoms of the individual as a wonderful ideal, but not a reflection o...

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The quality of education also relies on teachers' expectations and teacher and student interaction. ... Furthermore, teachers' expectations directly influence the student's interaction with the school system. ... Difference in linguistics can also affect teacher's expectations and lead to inaccurate labeling. ... In some classrooms, student voices are barely heard; the teacher dominates classroom talk, with knowledge treated as residing entirely with the teacher. ... In this system of education, dialogue between teacher and student is limited. ...

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Negotiating these differences between students and their teachers and also among themselves bring forth a practical challenge for both parties. ... Negotiating these differences between students and their teachers and also among themselves put forth a practical challenge both for teachers and students. ... Previous Experiences of Teaching My previous method of teaching was teacher-centered one in which, as is culturally believed and hence has been practiced in our part of the world, the teacher is a giver while the student a receiver, setting aside the voices of the students. ... I am very un...

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Culture CULTURE What is culture? Culture includes language, ideas, beliefs, customs, codes, institutions, tools, techniques, and works of art, rituals, and ceremonies, among other elements. The existence and use of culture depends upon ability possessed by humans alone. This ability has been...

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Since the first time that Lord Stanley's Cup landed on Canadian soil it has held the ideals of Canadian culture within its vassal. ... At all levels these clubs were the preserve of the doctors, lawyers, teachers and businessme...

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