1-Social Class & educational Attainment🧳 Flashcards
What do Perry and Francis say?🤔
Social class remains the most important factor in determining an educational outcome👩🏼🎓
How can you measure social class?🔎
Free school meals 🍲
What shows a strong correlation between poverty and underachievement?⚖️
The number of children on free school meals @ KS2 are expected to reach their target at around 50%⛪️
Social class can me determine in school also by…👨🏼🔧
Pupil’s parents occupation👨🏼🚒
Why might it be difficult to use free school meals to measure social class?🍔
-many don’t claim therefore it is underestimated🥨
Perry and Francis (2010) 👬
Social class is the best predictor of educational achievement📈
Michael Gove (2010)👔
Rich thick kids to better then poor clever Children 👶
Waldfogel & Washbrook (2010)☔️
Children from a disadvantaged background were up to a year behind more privileged children by 3 years🎢
The four facts about working class children…✍🏽
- They are less likely to be found in nursery schools
- More likely to be poor readers when they start school
- More likely to be in a low set in school
- More likely to underachieve at GCSE & A level
What do Cooper and Stewart say?🗣
Money makes a difference to children’s educational achievements; poorer children have worse cognitive social.
what do Waldfogel & Washbrook say? 👀
They pointed out that children from low income families are more likely to live in crowed areas to other children🏘 They are more like to live in a home that is dark, damp, unclean or unsafe, this makes it harder to live at home.😾
What does Howard (2001), Wilkinson (1996) & Blanden & Machin (2007) say?👨👨👧👦
Young people come that come from poor housing accomadation have lower intales or energy & mineral this can affect their health and weaken their immune system= missing school🏫
What impact might access to pre school have?👩👧
Poorer people are less likely to have access to pre school or nursery facilities which could effect their children’s development compared to those who have access😦
What are the implications of lack of resources at home?🏡
A low income will mean you are less likely to have; books, computers and money from school trips (hidden costs). A report from citizens advice revealed that 50% of parents pay more then £10 per school day trip that their child attends, and residential trips are £200🏙
