Educational achievement - External Influences
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How does private education affect educational achievement?
A Durham University Study found privately educated students were 2 years ahead of publicly educated students
Undermine equality of opportunity as they experience positive discrimination
These schools and their advantages are out of reach for working class
Undermine equality of opportunity as they experience positive discrimination
These schools and their advantages are out of reach for working class
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What is Cultural Deprivation theory?
States that students are not able to achieve equally due to their class differences. It essentially
blames working-class parents and culture for depriving working class children of the essential cultural skills and attitudes needed for academic success
blames working-class parents and culture for depriving working class children of the essential cultural skills and attitudes needed for academic success
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How does language affect educational achievement?
Bernstein (1975)
Middle class parents socialise their children with the "elaborated speech code", meaning they can confidently use abstract and complex language, that is also spoken by their teachers, exams and textbooks
Working class parents socialise th
Middle class parents socialise their children with the "elaborated speech code", meaning they can confidently use abstract and complex language, that is also spoken by their teachers, exams and textbooks
Working class parents socialise th
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How does working class culture affect
educational achievement?
educational achievement?
Sugarman (1970)
Argues that working class culture generally sees the world as an insecure place, and so children are encouraged to seek only short term goals and immediate pleasure. Because of this, they are more likely to go straight into work rather th
Argues that working class culture generally sees the world as an insecure place, and so children are encouraged to seek only short term goals and immediate pleasure. Because of this, they are more likely to go straight into work rather th
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How do parental attitudes affect educational achievement?
Douglas (1964)
Measured parental interest by counting how
often they went to parents evening and claimed that working class parents are less interested in their children's education which means they are less motivated and ambitious
Feinstein (2008)
Middl
Measured parental interest by counting how
often they went to parents evening and claimed that working class parents are less interested in their children's education which means they are less motivated and ambitious
Feinstein (2008)
Middl
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How can you criticise Cultural Deprivation Theory?
- It stereotypes all working class parents as inadequate
- Ethnocentric - implies middle class culture is superior
- working class parents are less likely to visit parents evenings as they have to work long/irregular hours
- Neglects the impact of poverty
- Ethnocentric - implies middle class culture is superior
- working class parents are less likely to visit parents evenings as they have to work long/irregular hours
- Neglects the impact of poverty
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What is Material Deprivation Theory?
Educational achievement inequality is due to the lack of resources one has access to, or poverty
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What are the effects of poverty on schooling?
David Bull (1980) - free education has hidden costs, such as uniform, educational support, school trips, books and computers
Families in poverty are more likely to live in deprived areas where 90% of schools are failing
Poor housing and nutrition can lead
Families in poverty are more likely to live in deprived areas where 90% of schools are failing
Poor housing and nutrition can lead
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What was Forsyth and Furlong (2000) study and what did they find?
Procedure - used quantitative and qualitative methods to investigate 500 students in a secondary school
Conclusion - working class students experience a number of barriers to HE, such as unfamiliarity, lack of funds, fear of debt and fear of cultural isol
Conclusion - working class students experience a number of barriers to HE, such as unfamiliarity, lack of funds, fear of debt and fear of cultural isol
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What is Cultural capital?
The knowledge, tastes, language, values and behaviours transmitted by middle class parents to their children, giving them the ability and confidence to interact with teachers
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What is Educational Capital?
Bourdieu claimed that middle class parents and children have access to educational advantages, such as graduate parents often take for granted that their children will go to university, so they will spend more time and money enabling this to happen. Where
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What is "habitus"?
Bourdieu states that a habitus refers to a set of attitudes and values held by the dominant class. These permeate to middle class parents who "naturally" see the need to invest time and money to "conserve and increase" cultural capital
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What are some of Bourdieu's other suggestions?
- Middle class parents encourage cultural experiences such as museums, and encourage an interest in books
- Stress the importance of education, particularly HE
- Schools value children with high cultural capital because they are middle-class environments,
- Stress the importance of education, particularly HE
- Schools value children with high cultural capital because they are middle-class environments,
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What is Social Capital?
Putnam (1995)
Membership of social networks that can bring about particular benefits - middle class parents more likely to know the "right people" to advise
on how their children can gain access to good schools, universities and work placements
Membership of social networks that can bring about particular benefits - middle class parents more likely to know the "right people" to advise
on how their children can gain access to good schools, universities and work placements
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What was Sullivan's (1995) research?
Investigated Bourdieu's concept of cultural
capital, with a questionnaire of 465 pupils reaching school leaving age. She found that cultural capital is transmitted through the middle class home and that it does have an affect on GCSE performance. However
capital, with a questionnaire of 465 pupils reaching school leaving age. She found that cultural capital is transmitted through the middle class home and that it does have an affect on GCSE performance. However
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How does material deprivation affect ethnic minority groups in regard to educational achievement?
Ethnic minorities in the UK are more likely to be
in poverty as they are more likely to be unemployed or in low paying jobs
They are more likely to live in poor housing in economically depressed areas, which experience severe social problems
Children als
in poverty as they are more likely to be unemployed or in low paying jobs
They are more likely to live in poor housing in economically depressed areas, which experience severe social problems
Children als
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What is a study that supports the role of
material deprivation affect on the educational achievement of ethnic minority groups?
material deprivation affect on the educational achievement of ethnic minority groups?
Palmer(2010)
Found that nearly half of ethnic minority children live in low-income families compared with a quarter of white children
The Equality of Human Rights Commision (2010)
Found that white british, Bangladeshi, and African-Caribbean boys who quali
Found that nearly half of ethnic minority children live in low-income families compared with a quarter of white children
The Equality of Human Rights Commision (2010)
Found that white british, Bangladeshi, and African-Caribbean boys who quali
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What is a criticism of the role of material deprivation on the educational achievement of ethnic minorities?
Stokes et Al
The gaps on educational achievement by ethnic groups have narrowed considerably over the last 20 years, and that ethnic-minority students from poor backgrounds now perform a lot better than white boys from similar backgrounds challenges it
The gaps on educational achievement by ethnic groups have narrowed considerably over the last 20 years, and that ethnic-minority students from poor backgrounds now perform a lot better than white boys from similar backgrounds challenges it
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How does cultural deprivation affect ethnic minority groups in regards to educational achievement?
Asian, Chinese and African families : children benefit from cultures that value education
African-Caribbean families : young males underachieve due to a lack of positive adult role models and the negative influence of a hyper-masculine peer culture
African-Caribbean families : young males underachieve due to a lack of positive adult role models and the negative influence of a hyper-masculine peer culture
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What is a study that supports the role of
culture deprivation affect on the educational achievement of ethnic minority groups?
culture deprivation affect on the educational achievement of ethnic minority groups?
Basit (1997)
Asian parents view education as a type of capital that can transform the lives of their children and so offer them lots of support
Sewell (1997)
African-Caribbean boys brought up by single mothers lack the discipline by fathers and may be att
Asian parents view education as a type of capital that can transform the lives of their children and so offer them lots of support
Sewell (1997)
African-Caribbean boys brought up by single mothers lack the discipline by fathers and may be att
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What is a criticism of the role of cultural deprivation on the educational achievement of ethnic minorities?
Labov (1972)
Challenges the notion of verbal deprivation and argues that black children do not have inferior mothers, language or experience. Rather, teachers are to blame for educational underachievement of black students because they do not understand t
Challenges the notion of verbal deprivation and argues that black children do not have inferior mothers, language or experience. Rather, teachers are to blame for educational underachievement of black students because they do not understand t
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What is Cultural Deprivation theory?
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States that students are not able to achieve equally due to their class differences. It essentially
blames working-class parents and culture for depriving working class children of the essential cultural skills and attitudes needed for academic success
blames working-class parents and culture for depriving working class children of the essential cultural skills and attitudes needed for academic success
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How does language affect educational achievement?
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Card 4
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How does working class culture affect
educational achievement?
educational achievement?
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How do parental attitudes affect educational achievement?
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