Class And Attainment In Education

Question 1

Hyman

Answer 1

Valuesof the working class are a self imposed barrier to achievement

Question 2

Sugarman

Answer 2

Working class subculture is fatalistic, concerned with inediate gratification, present time orrientated and concerned with collectivism

Question 3

Douglas

Answer 3

Key factor in educational achievement is parental interest

Middle class parents are more likely to encourage their kids at school

Question 4

Blackstone and Mortimer

Answer 4

Working class parents are interested in education but have less time to attend school

Many feel uncomfortable in a school environment

Question 5

Bernstein

Answer 5

Two language speech codes

Middle class have access to both

Question 6

Rosen

Answer 6

Criticises Bernstein

Little evidence of language codes

Thinks it is wrong to see working class as dialects

Question 7

Kiddle

Answer 7

Myth of cultural deprivation

However this myth informs teacher labelling

Question 8

Gerwitz

Answer 8

Educational action zones with labour are based on cultural deprivation

Question 9

Waldfogal and washbrook

Answer 9

Working class children start school 1.1 cognitive months behind middle class children

Question 10

Sutton trust

Answer 10

Middle class children are more likely to under go private tuition

Question 11

Smith and noble

Answer 11

Low income is a barrier to learning, leads to poor health

Question 12

Bordieu

Answer 12

Middle class have the cultural capital to succeed

Question 13

Sullivan

Answer 13

Middle class students watch documentaries and read fiction than WC students