Education and Success

Gap-fill exercise

Listen to the lecture and complete the notes by filling in the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. Note that you will lose points if you do!
1. Introduction
Some people in schools
e.g. the children of workers, , children in the
Why?
Three reasons given:
(i) /Inborn/ abilities or
(ii) and environment
(iii) and system - structure and processes
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2. IQ
What is it? ability (innate ability, inborn ability) of some people to do some things and - e.g. , conversation,
Problem: to measure/Difficult to know if it is or
Conclusion: Whatever IQ is it cannot the we see in schools
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3. Home
So maybe is to
e.g. and
but and of found to be more important
e.g. middle class parents to children more and show in education
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4. Schools
Schools also play an part in the children’s
e.g. how schools children, how much money they on education, what they the students and how they the teaching also to the success or not of the students
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5. Conclusion
IQ/innate abilities may have some , but need to take into account factors of and to find reasons for failure.