Working Class pupils score lower on tests of ability due to the lack of their parents support on their Intellectual Development.
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Bernstein & Douglas (1967)
Middle Class mothers are more likely to buy toys that encourage their child's thinking and reasoning skills.
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Bereiter & Engelmann
Language used in Lower Class homes is deficient.
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Bernstein
Two Speech Codes: 'Elaborated Code' & 'Restricted Code'.
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Douglas
Working Class parents are less ambitious and are less interested in their children's education.
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Fernstein
Working Class pupils underachieve due to the lack of their parents achievement.
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Sugarman
Working Class Subculture has four key features - 'Fatalism', 'Collectivism', 'Immediate Gratification', & 'Present-Time Orientation'.
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Hyman
Working Class see themselves as not being able to get high-skilled, high-paid jobs so they see no point in education.
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Howard
Children from poor homes have lower intakes of energy, vitamins and minerals. This results in more absences from school.
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Wilkinson
Working Class children are at a higher rate of hyperactivity, anxiety and conduct disorders, which have a bad effect on their education.
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Bull
'Costs of Free Schooling' such as paying for equipment and school trips. Working Class children cannot afford to buy these things.
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Tanner
Cost of school items (transport, uniform, books, computers) place heavy burdens on poor families.
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Ridge
Children in poverty take on jobs such as baby sitting, cleaning and paper rounds which has a negative impact on their schoolwork.
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Bourdieu
Middle Class have Cultural Capital as they understand what the Education System requires for success.
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Leech and Campos
'Selection by Mortage' - Middle Class parents can afford to move house to a successful school's catchment area.
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Sullivan
Pupils who read complex fiction and watched serious TV documentaries developed a wider vocabulary and greater cultural knowledge, meaning they were more likely to be educationally successful.
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Gewirtz
Studied 14 London schools. Three types of parents: 'Privileged-Skilled Choosers', 'Disconnected Local Choosers', & 'Semi-Skilled Choosers'.
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Bernstein & Douglas (1967)
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Middle Class mothers are more likely to buy toys that encourage their child's thinking and reasoning skills.
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