An Analysis Of Connor s Connor - 1915 Words

Connor is a 10 year old boy, who lives in a small house in the West Midlands. His family consists of two brothers, his father who works, and his mother who stays at home and neither of them went to college or considered university. Connor attends the local primary school where his progress is deteriorating, even though he is in the high ability sets. Connor does not have many friends, and gets bullied due to having fewer belongings compared to other pupils, so feels he does not fit in. As a result Connor is less engaged in school and his grades are beginning to drop. The teacher believes this is because of his current friendship group, who do not help him because they do not want to be at school. They are constantly being told off in†¦show more content†¦Physical factors, such as the environment a person lives in, and also psychological factors such as motivation, personality factors and approaches to learning. Each of these factors lead to a person’s achievement in life, and far into their future, however if these factors are negative, they can have undesirable effect from them. Social cognition is the first thing to notice, and plays a big part in where Connor visualises himself within the social environment. Connors social background is not desirable, as he comes from a small house with two parents who have not gone to college or university. The social factors from this can be damaging, because his parents do not value the education system, as neither of them have gone to college or university, and his environment isn’t conductive to learning. Connor has therefore socially categorised himself into a non-academic approach group. This means that Connor is disorganised, wants to be at school to have a good time rather than to learn, and puts very little if any effort into his academic work. Connor does have a non-academic approach to his work; however he was getting higher grades before he joined this friendship group, and this may have had an effect on his learning styles. This leads on to the Honey and Mumford model, which suggest what kind of learner you are, and allows you to