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Full-Text Articles in Educational Sociology
Cultural Incubators And Spread Of Innovation, Enrico R. Crema, Mark W. Lake
Cultural Incubators And Spread Of Innovation, Enrico R. Crema, Mark W. Lake
Human Biology Open Access Pre-Prints
Several forms of social learning rely on the direct or indirect evaluation of the fitness of cultural traits. Here we argue, via a simple agent-based model, that payoff uncertainty, that is the correlation between a trait and the signal used to evaluate its fitness, plays a pivotal role in the spread of beneficial innovation. More specifically, we examine how this correlation affects the evolutionary dynamics of different forms of social learning and how each can generate divergent historical trajectories depending on the size of the sample pool. In particular, we demonstrate that social learning by copying the best model is …
Race Ethnicity & Youth Perception Of School Safety, Sterling Jose Jackson
Race Ethnicity & Youth Perception Of School Safety, Sterling Jose Jackson
Wayne State University Theses
This study investigates how race/ethnicity, sex, and age influence students' perceptions of school safety. Students' perception of being safe and their concerns about violence while attending school are paramount to academic and social development. In a national survey teens were queried regarding various subject matters. The type of school attended was important within the survey being private, public, and parochial. The findings of this investigation purport that blacks are more likely than whites to be concerned about school violence and safety. Schools with an inability to provide a safe learning environment for students may experience adverse outcomes regarding students' academic …
Race And Student's Perception Of School Counseling, Nicole Antoinette Little
Race And Student's Perception Of School Counseling, Nicole Antoinette Little
Wayne State University Theses
In the United States there is still a race gap in education. Black students tend to perform less well in school on standardized tests and grades. Many black students come from low income families and do not have the same resources as middle and upper class Caucasian students. High school counselors can assist in providing support to these students by referring them to tutoring, giving them college and career advice, assisting them in applying for scholarships and to colleges. This study looks at how Black and White students feel about their high counseling experience. This research examined the Monitoring The …
Closing The Gap: Greater Retention And Achievement Through Service-Learning At Wayne State University, Monita H. Mungo
Closing The Gap: Greater Retention And Achievement Through Service-Learning At Wayne State University, Monita H. Mungo
Wayne State University Dissertations
Despite the ideals of the achievement ideology that invade every facet of American life, there remains a large population of people who are not able to access the basic tool – education – needed to make the American dream a reality. The lack of educational opportunities for Americans of color is an important social issue because their systemic exclusion from higher education has significant implications for America’s economic future beyond social justice and equality. Americans espouse the ideology of equality and opportunity, and the educational system has always been structured on the notion of preparing individuals with skills for the …