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ERIC Number: EJ316699
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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The Changing Face of Educational Disadvantagement.
Bereiter, Carl
Phi Delta Kappan, v66 n8 p538-41 Apr 1985
Describes five major kinds of explanations for educational disadvantagement, with varying degrees of responsibility assigned to environmental factors. Considers the relative roles of sociology and psychology in proposing responses to disadvantagement. Analyzes two movements seeking to reduce disadvantagement while sidestepping social issues and their implications. (PGD)
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Psychology, Educational Sociology, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Social Environment, Social Influences, Social Problems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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