Human capital or cultural capital? : ethnicity and poverty groups in an urban school district /: ethnicity and poverty groups in an urban school district. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: George Farkas.
• Other Names: Farkas, George, 1946-
• Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Skills, Habits, Styles, and School Success -- 3. Family Linguistic Culture and the Child's Cognitive-Skill Development / George Farkas and Kurt Beron -- 4. Cognitive Skill and Earnings Determination / George Farkas, Paula England, Keven Vicknair and Barbara Kilbourne -- 5. The Dallas Research Setting, Data, Methods -- 6. Basic Skills -- 7. Habits and Styles -- 8. Coursework Mastery -- 9. Course Grades -- 10. Intervening to Affect the Skills, Habits, and Styles of At-Risk Students -- 11. Reading One-One / George Farkas and Keven Vicknair -- 12. Bureaucratic Politics and Instructional Service Delivery: The Central Bureaucracy Strikes Back -- Appendix: Methodology for Constructing Table 10.2.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (216 pages)
• Subjects: 370.19/34/0973; Minorities -- Education -- Social aspects -- United States; Poor -- Education -- Social aspects -- United States; Academic achievement -- United States; Human capital -- United States; Educational anthropology -- United States; Minorities -- Education -- Reading -- Texas -- Dallas -- Case studies; Reading comprehension -- Texas -- Dallas -- Case studies; Reading -- Remedial teaching -- Texas -- Dallas -- Case studies; Remedial teaching -- Texas -- Dallas -- Case studies; Academic achievement; Educational anthropology; Human capital; Minorities -- Education -- Reading; Minorities -- Education -- Social aspects; Poor -- Education -- Social aspects; Reading comprehension; Reading -- Remedial teaching; Remedial teaching; Leerlingen; Achterstandsgebieden; Remedial teaching; Texas -- Dallas; United States; Case studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351514538; 1351514539
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.