Education = SC - material deprivation

Question 1

What is the effect of poor housing on W/C achievement in education?

Answer 1

Overcrowded or cold and damp rooms = nowhere to do homework.

Question 2

What is the effect of being homeless or in temporary housing on W/C achievement?

Answer 2

Frequent moves and changing schools = different learning skills and having to settle in.

Question 3

What is the effect of having a poor diet on W/C achievement?

Answer 3

Can lead to illness = absences from school and lack of concentration in class due to hunger.

Question 4

Why do poorer families miss out in education?

Answer 4

Can’t afford school trips, computers to help with education, may be bullied or stigmatised for lacking the right uniform.

Question 5

What did Callender & Jackson (2005) find on W/C students?

Answer 5

More costs than benefits going to uni, and are less likely to have family financial support when there.

Question 6

According to Boudieu (1984) why are M/C students more successful than W/C?

Answer 6

They have economic capital (wealth) and Cultural capital (skills, knowledge & values).

Question 7

What is educational capital?

Answer 7

M/C give children advantage to obtain qualifications, allowing access to higher jobs (like a cycle of M/C).