Class And Attainment In Ed

Question 1

Hyman

Answer 1

The values of the w/c are a self imposed barrier

Question 2

Sugarman

Answer 2

The w/c subculture is fatalistic, concerned with immediate gratification

Question 3

Douglas

Answer 3

Key factor in Ed achievement is parental interest, m/c parents are more likely to encourage their kids at school

Question 4

Blackstone and Waterman

Answer 4

W/c parents are interested in Ed but many feel uncomfortable in a school environment

Question 5

Bernstein

Answer 5

Language codes- w/c have restrictive Lang, m/c have elaborated Lang which they share with school

Question 6

Rosen

Answer 6

Criticises Bernstein, little evidence of language codes and it’s wrong to think of w/c as inferior

Question 7

Keddie

Answer 7

Myth of cultural deprivation however this myth informs teacher labelling

Question 8

Gerwtitz

Answer 8

Ed action zones of new labour are based on the idea of cultural deprivation but they oppose the idea that w/c attitudes are inferior

Question 9

Waldfogal and washbrook

Answer 9

W/c children start school 1.1months cognitively behind their m/c peers - due to material factors

Question 10

Sutton Trust

Answer 10

M/c children are more likely to experience private tuition and are to participate in paid extra curricular activities

Question 11

Smith and noble

Answer 11

Low income is a barrier to learning

Question 12

Bordeaui

Answer 12

Middle classes have cultural capital to succeed , have the same values and attitudes of the Ed system

Question 13

Sullivan

Answer 13

Middle class students were more likely to read high brow fiction and TV - evidence of cultural capital