Overcoming Social Class Markers: Preparing Working Class Students for College.

Gos, Michael W.

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ERIC Number: EJ514566

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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Overcoming Social Class Markers: Preparing Working Class Students for College.

Gos, Michael W.

Clearing House, v69 n1 p30-34 Sep-Oct 1995

Discusses two factors that greatly diminish the chances for success in college of working class students: communication protocols, and position within a family or a community organization. Discusses what middle- and high-school teachers can do to better prepare working class students for the tasks ahead in the areas of memorization, critical thinking, and speech patterns. (SR)

Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Higher Education, Secondary Education, Social Background, Social Differences, Teacher Influence, Working Class

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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