Class Differences (external) Flashcards
What is an external factor ?
Factors outside of the education system such as the influence of family
What is an internal factor ?
Factors within the education system such as teachers, schools and interactions
What is class ?
It can be defined as a mix of values, wealth and employment status
What are cultural factors ?
socialisation, attitudes, and values
What are material factors ?
resources and money
What are some aspects about how a child is raised ?
speech and language
parental education and parenting style
working class subculture
who talked about speech codes ?
Bernstein (1975)
What is the restricted code ?
spoken by the working class
limited vocabulary
simple sentences
What is the elaborated code ?
Spoken by the middle class
wider vocabulary
grammatically complex
What did Douglas (1964) say on the working class and education ?
The working class place less value on education they have less ambition and encouragement
what did Feinstein (2008) say on middle class view on education ?
their parenting style is more disciplinarian, they place a high value on education
What did Hyman (1967) say on working class subculture ?
the values of the lower classes create a self imposed barrier to learning
What is material deprivation ?
being deprived of certain recourses and money putting you at a social disadvantage
What did Bourdieu say the three types of capital were ?
cultural
educational
economic
