Sharon Gerwitz - parental choice study - Flashcards in A Level and IB Sociology

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When did she do the study and what was it a study on?

1995

a study on class differences in parental choice

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What did the study consist of?

14 school teachers and parents were interviewed

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Who's ideas did she use to help her findings?

Bourdieu's

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What did she find?

that class differences in economic and cultural capital actually may lead to class differences in how far parents go to choose the secondary school

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What were the 3 types of parents that she identified?

Privileged skilled choosers

Disconnected local choosers

Semi-skilled choosers

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What are privileged skilled choosers?

middle school parents who use their economic and cultural capital to gain educational capital for their children, choice of everything, understand importance of putting choice of school first, able to afford to move their children around so they could get

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What are disconnected local choosers?

working class parents who are restricted by their lack of economic and cultural capital, find it difficult to understand school admissions and only look for safety and facilities instead of grades, no money for their children to travel, limited choice.

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What are semi-skilled choosers?

working class but ambitious for their child to get the best, did not have the cultural capital for their child, found it hard to understand education market, rely on peoples opinions to find the right school

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What did she conclude?

Middle class families that have cultural and economic capital are more advantaged in the opportunities that they have available, although education market said to give everyone choice the ones who actually have choice are the ones with greater cultural ca

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