Sunday, September 20, 2015

SJS1 - "Scholarly Culture and Academic Performance in 42 Nations"

Source:
Evans. "Scholarly Culture and Academic Performance in 42 Nations." Social Forces 92.4 (2014): 
           1573-605. Print.

Author Credentials:
This author is qualified to discuss this topic since she has a Ph.D. in Sociology, and has many other publications about related topics.

Summary:
Children that grow up with books and a high culture, on average, have more years of schooling than 
children growing up without books, and having a low culture.  This means that children that grow up 
with parents such as a college professor and grow up in a scholarly culture will, on average, be smarter 
than a a child whose parent has no occupation, in a non scholarly culture.  Regardless of place in the 
world, this will always be true.  The studies conducted state that the more books in a family home, allows 
for a higher academic performance.

Analysis:
This author makes a strong argument with facts from 42 different countries, and over 200,000 cases 
(from OECD's PISA).  Most of the information stated in the text is facts derived from the results from 
the 42 countries.  

1 comment:

  1. An interesting article - I would like to see some more details from the article in your summary. Also, give a bit more background on the author - where does the teach/work? what books has she published? Finally, in your analysis section, explain how this particular article relates to our studies.

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