“Family capital” and academic achievement of Cuban elementary students.

• In Event: Roundtable Session (Tuesday V)
  In Refereed Round-Table Session: The multidisciplinary approach for a sustainable development. the case of cuban education.

Proposal

The economic and social level of the students’ family is the extracurricular factor that best explains cognitive and non-cognitive performance (formative, or ethical-axiological) of the students. So the school must explore the family factor when designing its strategies for each child.

Author

• Paul Antonio Torres, Central Institute of Pedagogical Sciences