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6. cultural capital is the knowledge, attitudes, language and abilities help by the middle class - more likely to develop intellectual interests giving them an advantage in school - education favors the dominant mc culture - wc culture is seen as inferior an

  • Douglas
  • Engleman
  • Bourdieu
  • Bernstein

7. economic capital of mc families can be transferred into educational capital - private schooling, extra tuition, post code lottery - giving their mc children an advantage when it comes to school and achieving well

  • Bourdieu
  • Sugarman
  • Sewell
  • Gerwitz

8. used questionnaires to test Bourdieu's theory - students who read complex books and watch documentaries have a wider vocab range indicating a higher cultural capital - the greater resources, motivation and aspirations of mc students explains why there is

  • Bordieu
  • Sullivan
  • Bernstein
  • Douglas

9. adult authority in asian families is similar to the model that operates at school - asian children are passive and respect the schools values and rules

  • Lupton
  • Strand
  • Khan
  • Sugarman

10. middle class mothers buy educational toys for their children, setting them up for academic success - higher value and interest in their childs education

  • Englemann
  • Bereiter, Douglas and Young
  • Bernstien, Douglas and Young
  • Young

11. young people from poor backgrounds have a low intake of energy and vitamins leading to poor health and time off of school/difficulty concentrating --- wc children have a higher rate of hyperactivity and anxiety which can negatively effect their education

  • Douglas and Young
  • Lees and Parker
  • Howard and Wilkinson
  • Howard and Becker

12. language barriers can be a big issue with educational achievement (cultural deprivation) - however KEDDIE argues that ethnic minorities are culturally different not deprived

  • Engles
  • Engleman
  • Keddie
  • Driver

13. restricted speech codes = wc - limited vocab - context bound - grammatically incorrect - short, simple sentences -- elaborate code - mc - complex sentences - context free - widen vocab range

  • Howard
  • Bernstein
  • Douglas
  • Bereiter and Englemann

14. wc parents are less encouraging towards their children, placing a lower value on education - less ambitious for their children - not supportive, don't attend parents evenings etc

  • Douglas
  • Parker
  • Sugarman
  • Douglas & Young

15. black students are 'stereotypically' socialized into a 'live for today' attitude which leads to underachievement - dont value education - no encouragement for success

  • Sugarman
  • Lupton
  • Engleman
  • Sewell