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The 21st century challenge: empowering boys and children from lower socio-economic backgrounds

Historical trends within the South East Asian region show that given equal access to formal schooling, boys and children of lower socioeconomic status (SES) tend to have poorer academic outcomes as compared to their counterparts i.e. girls and those from higher-socioeconomic backgrounds.Focusing on...

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Main Author: Ching, Joyce Su Ping
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Published: 2017
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L Education (General)
Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/22569/
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spelling my.uum.repo.225692017-07-11T01:05:12Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/22569/ The 21st century challenge: empowering boys and children from lower socio-economic backgrounds Ching, Joyce Su Ping L Education (General) Historical trends within the South East Asian region show that given equal access to formal schooling, boys and children of lower socioeconomic status (SES) tend to have poorer academic outcomes as compared to their counterparts i.e. girls and those from higher-socioeconomic backgrounds.Focusing on Malaysia, a cross-sectional study was conducted drawing on quantitative analysis of the 1999 - 2011 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS).The findings of this study show that (1) the underachievement of boys could be explained by a lack of kinesthetic learning elements in classrooms and (2) the underachievement of lower-SES children is due to their lack of cultural capital.Tentative recommendations are put forward to empower these groups of learners. 2017-04-04 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Ching, Joyce Su Ping (2017) The 21st century challenge: empowering boys and children from lower socio-economic backgrounds. In: International Conference on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ICSoTL 2017), 4 - 5 April 2017, UUM EDC Hotels & Resorts, Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia. http://www.seml.uum.edu.my/images/Proceedings/Proceedings.pdf
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topic L Education (General)
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Ching, Joyce Su Ping
The 21st century challenge: empowering boys and children from lower socio-economic backgrounds
description Historical trends within the South East Asian region show that given equal access to formal schooling, boys and children of lower socioeconomic status (SES) tend to have poorer academic outcomes as compared to their counterparts i.e. girls and those from higher-socioeconomic backgrounds.Focusing on Malaysia, a cross-sectional study was conducted drawing on quantitative analysis of the 1999 - 2011 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS).The findings of this study show that (1) the underachievement of boys could be explained by a lack of kinesthetic learning elements in classrooms and (2) the underachievement of lower-SES children is due to their lack of cultural capital.Tentative recommendations are put forward to empower these groups of learners.
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author Ching, Joyce Su Ping
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title The 21st century challenge: empowering boys and children from lower socio-economic backgrounds
title_short The 21st century challenge: empowering boys and children from lower socio-economic backgrounds
title_full The 21st century challenge: empowering boys and children from lower socio-economic backgrounds
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title_full_unstemmed The 21st century challenge: empowering boys and children from lower socio-economic backgrounds
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