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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"cultural mismatch"”.
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Is this university the right place for me? Identity-related processes, university emphasis on selection, and cultural mismatch in understanding the socio-economic gap in education
… selecting the best students) and independent cultural norms (emphasizing uniqueness and self-independence) disproportionately disadvantage First-Generation (FG) students compared to Continuing-Generation (CG) students. This work extends these findings by proposing that university selection act …
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The Social Reproduction of Education Inequality: Still Separate Still Unequal
… explored. What Milner (2003) calls "racial and cultural mismatch" is scrutinized, and an attempt is made to connect this "mismatch" to teacher effectiveness in managing behavior of those students who do not mirror his or her cultural experience. The focus of this work relates to how behavior of …
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Does Caring Matter?: A Qualitative Study of Urban African American Alternative School Students Perceptions of Their School Experiences, Past and Present
A cultural mismatch among African American school students and their teachers, due to diverse values, norms, and expectations, often provokes inappropriate teacher response to student conduct, thereby inciting disruptive student behavior. The management of this diversity when the environment is …
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Novice Teachers’ Preparedness Towards Successfully Interacting with Culturally Diverse Student Populations
… United States. This trend has resulted in a cultural mismatch between teachers who are not trained in strategies that are responsive to the needs of a diverse student population. Novice teachers in a rural school district in eastern North Carolina participated in a study to examine the degree …
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How does Disproportionality in Discipline Manifest in Rural Schools in Southeast Arkansas?
… these schools based on their perspective was a cultural mismatch between teachers and students, followed by student trauma and mental health issues. Based on analysis of data, specific recommendations are made for principal actions and principal preparation programs to better prepare leaders in …
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Whiteness in a hidden space—unspoken but still there, in a private space, the classroom
… level in designing courses that will address cultural competency and White privilege. In addition, this study will benefit educational leaders interested in cultural competency by recommending and supporting the necessity for developing ongoing professional development training that will …
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Influence of Deliberate Peer-to-Peer Interactions on First-Generation College Students’ Educational Outcomes
<p>First-generation college students are first in their families to go to college and may not have the resources to help them navigate a college setting. They have parents who have not received a four-year degree, which diminishes the amount of knowledge they accumulated to help them navigate a …