topic 1- education
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- Topic 1- Class differences in achievement: External factors
- Cultural Deprivation
- Internal factors - Factors within the school and education system, such as interaction between pupils.
- External factors- factors outside the education system, such as family background, wider society and the influence of home.
- External factors that affect pupils' educational achievement; - Cultural deprivation -Material deprivation Cultural capital
- There are 3 main aspects of cultural deprivation; - Inellectual development - Language
- External factors that affect pupils' educational achievement; - Cultural deprivation -Material deprivation Cultural capital
- Material Deprivation
- HOUSING; Poor housing can affect pupils' achievement both directly and indirectly. For example, Overcrowding can make it difficult for the child to study
- DIET AND HEALTH; Marilyn Howard(2001) Notes that children from poorer homes have lower intakes of energy, vitamins and minerals.
- FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND THE COSTS OF EDUCATION; Lack of financial support means that children from poor families have to do without equipment and miss out on experiences that would enhance their educational achievement.
- Cultural Capital
- Gewirtz: Marketisation and parental choice
- Gewirtz identifies three main types of parents; Privileged-skilled choosers, disconnected-local choosers and semi- skilled choosers
- Privileged- skilled choosers; These were mainly professional middle-class parents who use their economic and cultural capital to gain educational capital for their children.
- Disconnected-local choosers; These were working class parents whose choices were restricted by their lack of economic and cultural capital. They found it difficult to understand schools admissions procedures
- Semi-skilled choosers; These parents were also mainly working class, but unlike the disconnected-local choosers, they were ambitious for their children
- Gewirtz identifies three main types of parents; Privileged-skilled choosers, disconnected-local choosers and semi- skilled choosers
- Gewirtz: Marketisation and parental choice
- Cultural Deprivation
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