CULTURAL CAPITAL

Question 1

What is cultural capital?

Answer 1

Knowledge that middle class parents have that can advantage their children in education.

Question 2

What theory does it link to?

Answer 2

MARXISM

Question 3

What is false class consciousness?

Answer 3

The working class take on beliefs and values that benefit the ruling class (Marxist idea)

Question 4

Amount of cultural capital depends on…

Answer 4

Your social class, e.g. Middle class have more cultural capital.

Question 5

Class reproduction comes from cultural capital

Answer 5

Lol

Question 6

What does Bordieu say?

Answer 6

Some children begin school already having knowledge to succeed in education. Middle class knowledge.

Question 7

How do working class students view middle class ones?

Answer 7

As more intelligent, this implied that working class students aren’t self confident which may deter them from attainment in education.

Question 8

What does Diane Reay say?

Answer 8

Study of 33 middle class mums
These mums had mor confidence to talk to teacher to help children
Actively involved in their child’s education - hiring tutors etc.

Question 9

How does cultural capital effect a child’s attainment levels?

Answer 9

Middle class parents would enforce the importance of education to their children, whereas WC parents wouldn’t, means that MC children may try harder and in turn to better.