Education: Class Differnces - External

Question 1

Bernstein

Answer 1

Speech codes

Restricted and elaborated

Question 2

Douglas

Answer 2

Parents’ attitudes to education are a key factor affecting children’s achievement

WC parents place less value on education

Question 3

Fernstein

Answer 3

Parents own education is the most important factor of a child’s achievement

Question 4

Sugarman

Answer 4

WC subcultures have four key features

Fatalism
Present time orientation
Immediate gratification
Collectivism

Question 5

Compensatory education

Answer 5

Aims to tackle cultural deprivation by providing extra resources

Sure start

Question 6

Keddie

Answer 6

Cultural deprivation is a myth
It’s a victim blaming explanation

WC children are culturally different not deprived

Question 7

Troyna and Williams

Answer 7

The problem is not the child’s language but the school’s attitude towards it

Question 8

Blackstone and Mortimore

Answer 8

WC parents don’t lack interest but they simply lack the knowledge to help their child

Question 9

Marilyn Howard

Answer 9

Diet and health can have an effect on achievement