2012/4018 COURSE: SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION COURSE CODE: EFC 705 COURSE LECTURER: DR A.O. K. NOAH What is Self Fulfilling Prophecy and how does it affect educational outcome? INTRODUCTION Robert K. Merton (1910 – 2003) Professor of sociology invented the word self fulfilling prophecy to help make tangible and popular the idea that some pronouncement or statement positive or negative can alter peoples action to bring about fulfillment of same pronouncement. It is‚ however a tragedy of human nature
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analysis of the Academic Self-Concept Questionnaire Joyce Bei Yu Tan School of Education‚ Flinders University Shirley M. Yates School of Education‚ Flinders University shirley.yates@flinders.edu.au This study used the Rasch model to assess the unidimensionality and item-person fit of an Academic Self-Concept Questionnaire (ASCQ) that is based on the Confucian Heritage Culture (CHC) perspective. Knowledge of the relationship between academic achievement and academic self-concept is particularly useful
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Gender Roles were very traditional back in the early to mid 1900’s and still has a continued effect today. It can be observed that many of the same gender roles/stereotypes found in A Dolls House can be observed in the early to middle 1900’s North American culture: Women are expected to be housewives‚ rely on men financially‚ and to be independent at their duties. Through out the early to middle 1900’s gender roles were present but not noticed much until the mid 1900’s‚ simply because women were
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Anne Frank wrote in her diary many years ago that there is something good in every person. People nowadays‚ however‚ are clueless when comes to realizing their ability to be good‚ how much to love and how to accomplish what they want while being positive‚ or the potential that is deep down inside of them. Despite of everything that she and her family went through‚ she still thought people were good at heart. She and her family were under the Nazi’s control when she wrote this; which makes most people
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This semester I explored the issue of inequality. When I first began writing about this topic‚ I was very eager to learn about it‚ but was not particularly educated about it. Even writing my first essay‚ “The Hidden Concept: Privilege”‚ helped me explore what economic inequality meant to me. Before writing that essay I was aware that I grew up in a family that had economic privilege. However‚ I did not truly understand many of its implications on my thinking and the way I contributed to society until
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What is the concept of self in communication from psycology to interpersonal communication? Self:- A person’s self-concept is his knowledge about himself. Similar to how he can know other people‚ and know facts about how they tend to think‚ and what they enjoy doing‚ and what their temperament is like‚ he can also know these things about himself. Some people have much stronger self-concepts than others‚ probably because possessing a self-concept in much detail requires reflection on one’s
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How does culture define our individuality and how can an individual alter culture? Culture is a set of morals and traditions that are used by a group of people. Culture is a huge part of everyone’s life. Culture determines how you do everyday things like dress or eat. Culture confines our options & provides important guidelines. Mass media is one thing that shows our always changing culture to the world. Through communication most of the messages passed on from mass media fit our culture‚ strengthen
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In everyday life‚ individuals make distinctions between sex and gender. Sex refers to “a determination made through the application of agreed upon biological criteria for classifying persons as females or males” (West & Zimmerman‚ 1987: 127). Gender describes the acquisition of masculinity and femininity (West & Zimmerman‚ 1987). Sex is assumed to be natural‚ pre-given and located in the body (genitals‚ chromosomes‚ etc.)‚ where individuals can be categorised as either ‘male’ or ‘female’ (West &
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Gender roles have always been a part of our history. According to the Oxford University Press (2017)‚ gender roles are roles or behaviors learned by individuals on how someone of the female or male gender should act or behave. Male gender roles have had some advancements since the 1950 era‚ yet some gender roles have remained the same. In the 1950s‚ men were returning from the war and rejoining the workforce. According to the U.S Department of State‚ 2017 many of the returning soldiers opted
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What is marketing and how do you feel that marketing will assist you in your career?’ Marketing has a broad definition‚ defining market as a definite concept is difficult .Marketing is how a product gets from an intellectual idea to an individual‚ person or a business .Many different steps require accomplishment to transform an idea to a product that someone are willing to pay and make profits for the seller using various advertising tools such as TV‚ radio‚ magazines and direct sales to tout capabilities
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