Differences in girls achievement

Question 1

Symbolic capital

Answer 1

Archer (2010)- reason for differences is the conflict between WC girls feminine identities and the schools ethos
-Leads to loss of educational capital

Question 2

Hyper-heterosexual feminine identities

Answer 2

-Many girls invest considerable time, effort and money into constructing ‘desirable’ and ‘glamorous’ identities
- Leads to school ‘othering’ the girls, defining them as incapable of educational success

Question 3

Boyfriends

Answer 3

-Having a boyfirend bought symbolic capital, however it got in the way of schoolwork
-Now aspired to ‘settle down’

Question 4

Working class dilema

Answer 4

-Gaining symbolic capital or educational capital
-Cope with dilema by defining themselves as good underneath