unit 1 education - class difernces
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- Class differences in achievement
- cultural Deprivation
- Language: speech codes; elaborated and restricted
- gives Middle class the advantage they feel 'at home' in school.
- theory that working class children are inadequately socialised and so lack the right culture
- Bernstein is a cultural deprivation theorist
- argues that working class pupils will fail because the school fails to teach them elaborated code
- Myth of cultural Deprivation
- Keddie sees it as victim blaming explanation.
- argues that working class children are simply culturally different
- they fail because they are put at a disadvantage by an education system dominated by the middle class values.
- argues that working class children are simply culturally different
- Keddie sees it as victim blaming explanation.
- parents education
- educated parents support achievement by encouraging
- Bernstein and Young found that middle class mothers spend more money on educational toys, books and activities.
- Educated parents teach their children to read, draw and paint, help with homework and are actively involved.
- study by Douglas found that working class parents placed less value on education
- visited schools less often and were less likely to discuss their children's progress with children
- as a result, their children had lower levels of motivation and achievement
- Working class subcultures
- the working class have different goals, beliefs, attitudes and values from the rest of society and this is why their children fail at school
- compensatory education
- education programmes such as pupil premium, aim higher, one to one tuition, sure start and bursary's.
- Language: speech codes; elaborated and restricted
- Material Deprivation
- Housing
- living in temporary accommodation, resulting in constant changes of school and disrupted education
- children in crowded homes can run a greater risk of accidents.
- cold or damp housing can cause ill health
- temporary accommodation can cause psychological distress, infections and accidents meaning more absences from school.
- overcrowding can make it hard for the child to study, less room for educational activities and nowhere to do homework
- statistics
- nearly 90% of 'failing' schools are located in deprived areas.
- Jan Flahery, money problems in the family are a significant factor in younger childrens non attendance at school.
- department of education- barley a third of pupils eligible for free school meals achieve five or more GCSE's at A*-C's
- Diet and Health
- children from low income families were more likely to engage in fighting and temper tantrums, disrupting their school.
- children from poorer homes are more likely to have emotional or behaviour problems, resulting in having a negative effect on the childs education.
- Marilyn Howard notes that young people from poorer homes have lower intakes in energy , victims and minerals
- Housing
- cultural Deprivation
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