class - extenal factors Flashcards
douglas
parental interest!
more educated parents vlaiue education more
less education ( of parents ) - less aspiration
educaiontla parents are also mroe aware of how to progress educatoinally
better able to get expert advice
income - psrwnts see more ipoartance of putting funds towards education promotion for the ir children
critisisms of f=doiugklass parents interest argument !
many wokring clas sparents may be unable to attend infomrstoin evenings - longer work shifts
wokring class aprents also may feel uncompfortable or juged in these environments especally if shey didnt achieve htemselves
on the other hand - still thier parents fault!
barry sugarman
parents have different values
lack of parental inteserest in working class subcultures
4 barriwers to educational attainment
fatalism
collectivism
immediate gratidficaton
present time orientatoin
critisims of bary sugarmans 4 barriers to educational attainment
he was writing at a time where it was more common for wokring class children toi bring home money for disadvantgaes hoursholds.
also
high unemplyment makes it pointless to leave schol as soon as possible in contemp society!
outline cultural deprivaton theorists - language!
essential process in educaton
midlde class have mroe developed language
critisisms for cultural deprivatoin theorists - labguage
critics say speach hierarchy
e.g lableing a em stusent for the way they speak
most significant reason in class based gap in attainment
basil bernstein
speach codes
restrcited and elaborated
code switching
disadvantage, e,g poeple use elaboratyed by techers, texbooks and exams
critisism of basil bernstein speach codes theory
revise how he conducted his research. -out of date - 1975
children see schools and classroomas hostile so dont say much as they may feel judged
labov
wokring class achieve poorly becuaqse they speak different to speach pattersn and expectatoinsused in mainstream educstoin
connor et al
2001
focus group
interviews
rhose who didnt go to university had 3 reasons
immediate gratiidatoin
parents couldnt afford
lack confidence
