Sivanes Phillipson (Swinburne University of Technology Australia)
The relationship between intellectual ability and academic achievement is well established in the scientific literature. According to Vygotsky (1978), however, the path between a childs cognitive ability and their academic achievement is influenced by the important people in their lives. This book presents a research, which tested directly the controversial idea that parents play a crucial role in influencing their childrens academic achievement because of the way that parents communicate their sociocultural values and practices. Evidence is demonstrated using an approach that employs...
The relationship between intellectual ability and academic achievement is well established in the scientific literature. According to Vygotsky (1978...
Sivanes Phillipson (Swinburne University of Technology Australia)
Vygotsky (1978) asserted that the path between a child's thinking and their academic achievement is influenced by the important people in their lives, in particular their parents. This book presents case stories that show how parents play a crucial role in influencing their children's academic achievement because of the way parents communicate their sociocultural values and practices. In the light of these stories and the critical exploration in connection with the prevalent literature in the field, parents are encouraged to maximise their children's academic achievement through the...
Vygotsky (1978) asserted that the path between a child's thinking and their academic achievement is influenced by the important people in their lives,...
