Class difference in achievement (external)

Question 1

What does external factors include?

Answer 1

due to factors outside the school. Material deprivation and cultural deprivation. Cultural capital gives the middle-class an inbuilt advantage in a middle-class controlled education system.

Question 2

What is material deprivation?

Answer 2

The inability to afford basic resources, such as adequate housing, food and heating

Question 3

What is cultural deprivation?

Answer 3

deficiencies in home and family backgrounds, such as inadequate socialisation, inadequate language skills and inappropriate attitudes/values