Research Article

Ignored Discrimination in Schools: Tracking

Volume: 1 Number: 2 December 30, 2020
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Ignored Discrimination in Schools: Tracking

Abstract

This study examines tracking systems that are implicitly and explicitly implemented in schools in terms of discrimination in education. It also investigates how tracking is perceived by school principals, teachers and students, and qualitatively examines what they experience in the implementation of tracking. Comprising three principals, 12 students and 18 teachers, the study employed semi-structured interviews to find participants’ views about tracking. The results revealed that school principals were more in favour of tracking than other participants. However, student participants were more focused on the downsides of tracking compared to others. Proponents of tracking argued that dividing students into homogeneous groups provided students with
the opportunity to learn in line with their level of success. It was often emphasized that students were not able to improve sufficiently in mixed groups. One of the outstanding points was that tracking was perceived in terms of academic success and successful students. Rather than considering tracking as discrimination, classifying students was argued to result in better outcomes.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Other Fields of Education

Journal Section

Research Article

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Publication Date

December 30, 2020

Submission Date

October 12, 2020

Acceptance Date

December 28, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 1 Number: 2

APA
Tunç, B., & Ülker, S. (2020). Ignored Discrimination in Schools: Tracking. Political Economy and Management of Education, 1(2), 16-36. https://izlik.org/JA87XF94HF
AMA
1.Tunç B, Ülker S. Ignored Discrimination in Schools: Tracking. PEME. 2020;1(2):16-36. https://izlik.org/JA87XF94HF
Chicago
Tunç, Binali, and Süheyla Ülker. 2020. “Ignored Discrimination in Schools: Tracking”. Political Economy and Management of Education 1 (2): 16-36. https://izlik.org/JA87XF94HF.
EndNote
Tunç B, Ülker S (December 1, 2020) Ignored Discrimination in Schools: Tracking. Political Economy and Management of Education 1 2 16–36.
IEEE
[1]B. Tunç and S. Ülker, “Ignored Discrimination in Schools: Tracking”, PEME, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 16–36, Dec. 2020, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA87XF94HF
ISNAD
Tunç, Binali - Ülker, Süheyla. “Ignored Discrimination in Schools: Tracking”. Political Economy and Management of Education 1/2 (December 1, 2020): 16-36. https://izlik.org/JA87XF94HF.
JAMA
1.Tunç B, Ülker S. Ignored Discrimination in Schools: Tracking. PEME. 2020;1:16–36.
MLA
Tunç, Binali, and Süheyla Ülker. “Ignored Discrimination in Schools: Tracking”. Political Economy and Management of Education, vol. 1, no. 2, Dec. 2020, pp. 16-36, https://izlik.org/JA87XF94HF.
Vancouver
1.Binali Tunç, Süheyla Ülker. Ignored Discrimination in Schools: Tracking. PEME [Internet]. 2020 Dec. 1;1(2):16-3. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA87XF94HF

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