What is it about?
Social and educational inequality is a worldwide phenomenon. In this study, I explore how family background explains differences in student school achievement in many countries around the world.
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Why is it important?
I found that the types and amount of capital students can obtain from the family predict their school achievement. However, this relationship vary across countries.
Perspectives
This study advances our understanding of social and educational inequality.
Dr Cheng Yong Tan
University of Hong Kong
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This page is a summary of: The contribution of cultural capital to students’ mathematics achievement in medium and high socioeconomic gradient economies, British Educational Research Journal, May 2015, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/berj.3187.
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