Education dec Mocks (Temporary) Flashcards
Bourdieu Capitals:
Cultural capital- Tastes (music, art, food), manners, interests, language. The most important form of capital according to
Bourdieu. E.g. going to the museum will help the students in educational attainment.
Economic Capital- Wealth and money . Being able to has access to computers , the internet , having a quiet study area and having the capital to be able to afford private tuition.
What was Paul Willis’s study?
Found that working class boys saw through this illusion of meritocracy and turned to an act of a rebellious behaviour. This was done for an idea of masculinity and street cred.
What does Madood argue ?
Chinese families may have more cultural capital
than would be expected from their class position.
This may be due to the difference in occupation in
the UK compared to in origin country.
What was Feinstein’s study?
Working class kids were less likely to have parents who valued their education
Waldfogel and Washbrook - Cognitive development:
Cognitive development of children in poverty when they started school was nearly a year behind that of middle-income children.
This was due to the fact that W/C had no internet at home and lack of money to go on holiday seemed to negatively impact cognitive ability and also reading to children and family trips to interesting places seemed to have a positive impact.
What was Sugarman’s study?
Found that the working class saw themselves as fatalistic and felt a need for immediate gratification (misbehaving for validation).
Sutton trust - private tuition:
(Material factor)
Research indicates that extra-curricular activities can have a positive impact on educational attainment. 35% of households in the top fifth
income group had paid for their children to attend extra-curricular activities leading them to achieve better in school.
What was Evan’s study?
Found that working class mothers focused fun and joy rather than education.
What does Smith and noble - General barriers to learning:
Low income leads to:
-Lack of space and resources at home to do schoolwork.
-Ill-health = days off school.
-Bullying and isolation due to lack of resources and stigmatisation around being from a low-income background.
-Going to a less effective school due to marketisation policies of open-enrolment leading to selection by mortgage.
What was Basit’s study?
Found that black Caribbean lone-parent kids value views from their peers more rather than the teachers which creates an anti-school subculture. SL - Underclass Charels Murray
Lupton / Weale - Selection by mortgage /ineffective teachers:
Lupton (2004) Teachers faced a far more challenging environment to teach in reducing the overall quality of teaching and learning. Teachers were less likely to be able to maintain high-expectations.
Weale (2016) found that for low-income students, having a very effective teacher could mean they gain a year and a half of learning in a year, compared to 6 months with an ineffective teacher.
What was Jackson’s study?
Found that boys had a increased risk to fail more than girls.
Being “laddish” is key to being cool, and this means rejecting school.
Failure = threat to masculinity = rejection of school as a way to avoid/excuse failure.
What does NOLFIV stand for?
National Curriculum
Open Enrolment
League Tables
Formula Funding
Investment From GOV
Vocationalism
What is marketization?
The ways the schools present themselves to innovate and compete to be the best which increases competition then to more quality.
Evaluation of NOLFIV?
Selection by mortgage - benefits middle class
