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Spring 1968 Issue »
Academic Motivation and Equal Educational Opportunity
Irwin Katz
A striking revelation of the Coleman Report is the close tie between Negro academic achievement and the social environment of the classroom. A theory of racial differences in the early socialization of academic motivation is here advanced to account for some of the favorable effect on Negroes of (a) teachers' and classmates' competence, and (b) attendance at predominantly white schools. Unrealistic self– devaluation and strong anxiety are shown by recent research to be common features of Negro behavior in racially isolated institutions. These facts can be related to the educational values and practices of Negro parents, and to the Coleman data on students' academic attitudes.
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Spring 1968 Issue
Abstracts
Preface
Harold Howe II
The Concept of Equality of Educational Opportunity
James Coleman
Sources of Resistance to the Coleman Report
Daniel P. Moynihan
Research Issues
School Factors and Equal Educational Opportunity
Henry S. Dyer
Academic Motivation and Equal Educational Opportunity
Irwin Katz
Race and Equal Educational Opportunity
Thomas F. Pettigrew
Social Class and Equal Educational Opportunity
Alan B. Wilson
Policy Issues
Towards Equality of Educational Opportunity?
Samuel Bowles
Alternative Public School Systems
Kenneth B. Clark
Policy for the Public Schools
Compensation and Integration
David K. Cohen
Discussion
Implementing Equal Educational Opportunity
Report Analysis
Theodore R. Sizer
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