Education: External Factors Flashcards
What did JWB Douglas argue (1964)?
That w/c parents were less lightly to support their child intellectual development.
Found the working-class parents tend to place less value on education.
What did Bernstein identify (1975)?
Two speech codes - elaborate and restricted.
What did Barry Sugarman (1970)?
He argued that their 4 barriers for w/c:
- Fatalism: a belief that “what will be will be”
- Collectivism: prioritizing being part of a group over individual success
- Immediate Gratification: wanting pleasure immediately, seeking NOW over long term
- Present - time orientation: seeing the present as more important than long term
What did Feinstein (1998) argue?
He agreed with lack of interest that JWB argued, that it was more significant than material deprivation.
What did Neil Keddie (1973) say?
He argued that a child cannot be deprived of its own culture.
What did Blackstone and Mortimore (1994) state?
That w/c parents care about education, however they may not be able to help as they have been failed by the education system and long work hours.
What did Bordieu (1984) say?
He said that cultural and material issues affect success.
Cultural Capital incl. knowledge, attitudes, values, language and abilities etc.
- Can help give advantage at school
- Tends to lead more ability to grasp abstract ideas.
What did Sullivan (2001) say?
Looked at kids TV habits found that those that watched complex fiction had better vocab and knowledge.
- tended to have m/c parents
What did Gerwitz (1995) find?
3 different types of parents:
- Privileged-skilled choosers
- Disconnected local choosers
- Semi-skilled: w/c place focus on education, however material deprivation may affect ability to choose.
What did Turner (2003) say?
The cost of free schooling, books and computers etc.
What did Howard (2001) say?
How diet and health can affect learning inside of school.
What did Callender and Jackson (2005) say?
The fear of debt with w/c students seeing the uni debts as bad so they are 5x less likely to go to university.
