Social Class + Achievement - external factors

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  • Created on: 04-06-17 15:56
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  • Class - External factors
    • cultural deprivation
      • Bourdieu: exam success needs the right culture, w/c are at a disadvantage
      • lack of values, skills and language. W/C parents fail to socialise their children to mainstream norms and values
      • criticised for blaming the victim, Keddie - blame teachers
      • Speech Codes: Bernstein (1961)
        • W/C restricted code: less words, tone of voice, context bound
        • M/C elaborated code: wide vocab, context free, spells out what they mean
        • school, teachers, textbooks all speak elaborated code
      • Parental involvement
        • Douglas (1964) W/C parents: less value on education, less ambition
        • Feinstein (2008): M/C parents encourage active learning, education visits, toys and books
      • Working class subculture
        • Sugarman (1970): fatalism, collectivism, immediate gratification, present time orientation
    • Material Deprivation
      • housing
        • hard to study, disturb sleep, may change schools often, health
      • diet and health
        • Howard (2001),lower intakes of vitamins, time of school
      • cost
        • Bull (1980), lack equipment, hand me downs lead to bullying, may need to work
      • cultural capital
        • Bourdieu - M/C likely to grasp abstract ideas, intellectually interested and see value in school
        • houses in catchment areas and can send to private school

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