Class + DA: External Flashcards

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What are the 4 Cultural External Factors?

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  • Parental Interest
  • Attitudes and Values
  • Speech Codes
  • Cultural Capital
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What are the ideas around Parental Interest?

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Douglas theorized that based on attendance to parents evening, middle class parents care more about their child’s education than working class parents, resulting in more success for middle class students

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What are the criticisms of Douglas’ ideas on Parental Interest?

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  • Only measured via parents evening
    • Wc parents could feel uncomfortable
    • Could work late shifts
    • Other responsibilities
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What are the ideas around Attitudes and Values?

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Sugarman highlights 4 differences between the middle class and the working class that impact educational achievement
- Present vs Future time orientation
- Collectivism vs Individual
- Fatalism vs Meritocracy
- Immediate gratification vs deferred gratification

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What are the criticisms of of Sugarman’s ideas on attitudes and values?

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Postmodernist say that CAGE (Class, age, gender and ethnicity) are no longer barriers to educational achievement

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What are Speech Codes?

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After observing two 5 year old boys, Bernstein theorized that the difference in language used by the classes impact their educational achievement

Restricted Code. Elaborated Code
- Working class - Middle class
- Context specific. - Universal
- Localised - Used by 3Ts
(Teachers, tests,
textbooks)

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What are the criticisms of Bernstein’s ideas of Speech Codes?

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The New Right would use the Wolf Review to say that that NEETs _?

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What is Cultural Capital?

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Bordieu found that Cultural Capital is the knowledge, attitudes and values that a student can exchange for high grades

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What are the criticisms of Cultural Capital?

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Keddie describes the impacts of each theory as Cultural differences NOT Cultural deprivation

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