Class - Differential Achievement

Question 1

Internal processes

Answer 1

• negative labelling through basing ideal student on social class (amongst other factors)
• Ball found those in top streams tended to be from higher social classes
• anti school subcultures mainly from
  w/c students

Question 2

External

Answer 2

• material deprivation
  
  • Halsey found most important factor in working class not staying in school was lack of financial support
  • poverty can cause health problems, absence from school

-cultural deprivation
- Douglas, level of parental interest, attending parents’ evenings
- some parenting styles emphasise importance of education more

Question 3

Sugarman

Answer 3

• manual backgrounds want immediate gratification
• non manual ambitious, deferred gratification

Question 4

Bernstein

Answer 4

• east end pupils used restricted code whilst teachers used elaborated code
• working class at disadvantage as they can’t fully understand what is being taught

Question 5

Bourdieu

Answer 5

• middle class have cultural capital; the right language, skills, knowledge
• more of this the more successful you’ll be
• cultural reproduction when m/c pass on this cultural capital