国家级教育质量和认知功能的发展轨迹根据种族和教育程度
Katrina M Walsemann1,2, Heide Jackson2, Emily Abbruzzi1,2
1School of Public Policy, University of Maryland.
The Milbank quarterly
|July 10, 2024
概括
儿童时期的高质量公共教育与晚年更好的认知功能有关. 对于那些不太接受正规教育的人来说尤其如此,这可能会减少认知能力下降和健康不平等.
科学领域:
- 认知科学是一种认知科学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 教育政策的教育政策.
背景情况:
- 教育成就与认知功能有关,但教育质量的作用未得到充分研究.
- 由于投资增加,美国的教育质量在20世纪初至20世纪中叶显著改善.
- 高质量的教育可以防止老年人的认知能力下降.
研究的目的:
- 研究国家级教育质量与老年人认知功能之间的关联.
- 为了确定这个协会是否因种族和教育程度而有所不同.
- 探索公共学校在认知健康方面的投资潜力.
主要方法:
- 使用了来自健康和退休研究 (HRS) 的前性数据.
- 将HRS数据与国家对公立学校的历史投资联系起来.
- 分析了1914-1959年出生的白人和黑人成年人的数据,使用了种族分层的线性混合模型.
主要成果:
- 儿童时期国家高等教育资源与更好的认知功能相关,特别是对于那些上学12年以下的人来说.
- 白人成年人在更高资源的总体认知和情节性记忆方面表现出好处.
- 黑人成年人得到的结果各不相同,在中年有积极的关联,但在年龄较大时是零/负的.
结论:
- 增加联邦和州对公立学校的投资可能会增加认知资源.
- 高质量的教育可以在晚年提高认知功能,特别是在边缘化群体.
- 投资于教育质量可能会减少认知衰退和健康差异.
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