TY - JOUR
T1 - Injustice in schools
T2 - Perception of deprivation and classroom composition
AU - Resh, Nura
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - This paper examines the process of reward allocation in schools and students' perception of injustice therein. Assuming that both reward distribution and the evaluation of its fairness occur within, and are affected by, the educational context (schools and classrooms), this investigation focuses on the effect of classroom composition on perceptions of deprivation - the gap between the actual reward and the one to which the individual judges himself or herself entitled. The possibility that class composition is a referential structure influencing both actual reward allocation and the determination of entitlement is discussed and investigated empirically in a sample of over 9,000 Israeli junior high students with regard to two academic rewards: grades and ability group placement. The findings suggest that class composition does serve as such a comparison referent and thus affects the perception of deprivation.
AB - This paper examines the process of reward allocation in schools and students' perception of injustice therein. Assuming that both reward distribution and the evaluation of its fairness occur within, and are affected by, the educational context (schools and classrooms), this investigation focuses on the effect of classroom composition on perceptions of deprivation - the gap between the actual reward and the one to which the individual judges himself or herself entitled. The possibility that class composition is a referential structure influencing both actual reward allocation and the determination of entitlement is discussed and investigated empirically in a sample of over 9,000 Israeli junior high students with regard to two academic rewards: grades and ability group placement. The findings suggest that class composition does serve as such a comparison referent and thus affects the perception of deprivation.
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U2 - 10.1023/a:1009675715255
DO - 10.1023/a:1009675715255
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AN - SCOPUS:0007225988
SN - 1381-2890
VL - 3
SP - 103
EP - 126
JO - Social Psychology of Education
JF - Social Psychology of Education
IS - 1-2
ER -