Class DEA - Sociologists Flashcards
who said that the w/c use a restricted code, whilst the m/c use an elaborated code?
Basil Bernstein (1975)
what did Leon Feinstein say?
Parents own education is the most important factor affecting a child’s achievement
what did Barry Sugarman say the 4 values of the w/c are?
- fatalism (what will be will be)
- collectivism (value to being in a group, most w/ fail)
- immediate gratification
- present time orientation
who argues that w/c culture is different, rather than deprived? (myth of cultural deprivation)
Nell Keddie (1973)
what did Marilyn Howard say about diet and health?
w/c children have lower intake of vitamins and minerals. makes it harder to concentrate in class, and more likely to miss school through illness
who said the lower the social class, the higher rate of hyperactivity, anxiety and conduct disorders?
Richard Wilkinson (1996)
unfashionable
what did Emily Tanner say about material dep?
w/c children have to use unfashionable equipment and hand me downs, which may lead to bullying and isolation
who created the concept of Cultural Capital?
Bourdieu (1984)
he argues that cultural and material factors are interrelated and both contribute to educational achievement
who discovered the idea that teachers have an image of an ‘ideal pupil’?
Howard Becker (1971)
who discovered the idea of the ‘self fulfilling prophecy’
Rosenthal & Jacobson
picked students at random and labelled as ‘spurters’
47% of those selected had made significant progress a year later, due to teacher interactions
what sociologists found that teachers are less likely to see w/c and black students as having ability
and therefore put them in lower streams/ enter for lower tier exams
Gillborn and Youdell (2001)
who argues we should abolish streaming in schools?
Stephen Ball (1981)
top sets were ‘warmed up’ and lower sets were ‘cooled down
top sets in state comprehensives (normal) did better than lower sets in grammar schools (private)
who said ‘habitus is a shared way of being and acting by a social class’?
Louise Archer
