class differences in education (external cultural) Flashcards
Hubbs- Tait et al: Language and speech codes
parents use of language can lead to an improvement in cognitive ability
Feinstein: Language and speech codes
Educated parents more likely to use evaluative language
Bereiter and Engelman: Language and speech codes
language used in w/c homes deficient
Bernstein: Language and speech codes
elaborated (m/c) and restricted (w.c) codes of language
Douglas: parents education
w/c homes placed less value on education
Feinstein: parents education
parents own education is the most important factor
Bernstein and Young: Use of income/class
m/c mothers more likely to buy educationally stimulating toys
Sugarman: W/c subculture
4 working class values which affect education
- fatalism
- collectivism
- immediate gratification
- present time orientation
Keddie: Analysis/ eval
CD is a myth. victim blaming school failures are pinned on children being culturally deprived
Troyna and William: Analysis/ eval
teachers have a ‘speech hierarchy’. language not problem, but attitudes towards it
Blackstone and Mortimore: analysis/ eval
parents attend less parents evenings due to work hours/ put off by schools m/c culture. want to help child progress but do not know how
Flaherty
Money problems significant factor in Non attendance at school 90% of failing schools in deprived areas
Bourdieu Cultural capital
refers to knowledge attitude, values of m/c. more likely to succeed at the have advantage at school as the education system transmits dominant m/c culture
Bourdieu Educational and economic capital
can be converted into cultural capital
m/c more likely to have a taste for high culture. Idea that wealthier parents have an economic advantage
