Education: How Environment Affects The Learning Process

Understanding Education: How Environment Affects the Learning Process

From technological advances and economic prosperity to political turmoil and terrorist bombings, education is paramount in its role of both determining the present and developing the future. In order to positively shape the future, it is essential to understand the nature of education and how the environment either positively or negatively affects it. Among the core components that affect a student’s learning progression are the household, economic and social standing, and the school environment.

Notably, a child’s family life has a large influence on his/her educational progression. Jain (2011) indicates that both birth order and child raising practices such as punishments, rewards, and allowance of freedom affect how children interact with their peers and how vigilantly they pursue excellence in learning (para. 8). Of sibling rivalry and birth order, McCormack (2000) shows that the roots of sibling rivalries stem from a natural inability of parents to treat their children equally. This is understandable due to limitless factors that make the children different from one another. The different responses parents are forced to take to address their different children cause these children to feel as though they are experiencing unfair treatment (p. 60). This view of unfair treatment reflects itself into education and builds into similar rivalries among peers for the approval of their teachers. She highlights the negative effects of sibling rivalry by stating that

Children often express their feelings of jealousy by aggressive or regressive behaviors. Aggressive behavior toward the parent or toward the "intruder" shows itself as anger or hostility. It is an att...

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