Topic 2 - Class and achievement - Flashcards in A Level and IB Sociology

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Internal explanations for class difference achievement

1) Labelling and self-fulfilling prophecy 2) Banding, streaming and setting 3) Anti-school subcultures

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External explanations for class difference achievement

1) MATERIAL DEP - (Douglas) poor housing; poorer diets; (Halsey) lack of financial support 2)CULTURAL DEP - (Douglas) parenst attitudes to education (m/c take more interest)

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Whats the difference between attitudes to education between the social classes

SUGARMAN - deferred and immediate gratification

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What langauge differences has the social classes got

BERNSTEIN - elaborate (r/c) and restricted (w/c); BOURDIEU - r/c has cultural capital

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who're the main theorists for this topic?

DOUGLAS (external - pverty and home circumstances; parental attitudes to education); HALSEY (external - lack of financial support); sugarman (deffered and immediate gratification); BERNSTEIN (elaborate and restricted code); BOURDIEU (cultural capital

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External explanations for class difference achievement

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1) MATERIAL DEP - (Douglas) poor housing; poorer diets; (Halsey) lack of financial support 2)CULTURAL DEP - (Douglas) parenst attitudes to education (m/c take more interest)

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Whats the difference between attitudes to education between the social classes

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What langauge differences has the social classes got

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who're the main theorists for this topic?

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Topic 2 - Class and achievement