Educational Achievement - Social Class

Question 1

Difference in educational achievement regarding FSM

Answer 1

2014/15

5 A-C % non-FSM - 60%
5 A-C % FSM - 33%

Question 2

Is intelligence genetic? + sociologist

Answer 2

Jenson - identical twins reared in different environments had very similar IQ.
m/c families have a higher IQ than w/c families

Question 3

research on the 11+ exam and intelligence + sociologist

Answer 3

douglas 64
m/c child of average intelligence was much more likely to pass the 11+ than a w/c child of equal intelligence

Question 4

Material deprivation

Answer 4

• lack of money and things money can buy

Question 5

Material deprivation can lead to…

Answer 5

Less food
More ill
More absences
More content missed

Question 6

Material factors

Answer 6

Access to internet, books, a quiet place to work

Question 7

Cultural deprivation

Answer 7

Children are culturally deprived due to inadequate socialisation. w/c norms and values are not those that lead to getting the best out of the educational system.

Question 8

Gratification + social mobility + sociologists

Answer 8

Immediate - more w/c pupils take this route of going straight into employment
Deffered- more m/c pupils which go to university and HE to get higher qualifications to get a higher paying occupation
Sugarman 70 + Hyman 67 - w/c families are less interested in social mobility than m/c families.

Question 9

Parental attitudes + sociologist

Answer 9

Douglas - 64 w/c parents took less interest in school and education which pushed children into a more immediate route of gratification

Question 10

Habitus + sociologist

Answer 10

Bourdieu - refers to the norms, values, attitudes and behaviours of a particular social group

Question 11

Labelling theory

Answer 11

Becker
Labelled as clever or well behaved / trouble or naughty
Teachers interact with pupils differently by giving them more educational attention or by accepting weaker answers
Pupils recognise their label and act upon it
Forms a self-fullfilling prophecy

Question 12

School subcultures + sociologist

Answer 12

Anti-school subcultes - Willis - learning to labour - working class boys tend to create anti-school subcultures within school which sees praise from teachers as bad and getting in trouble is good
This school subculture underperforms

Question 13

Language codes + sociologist

Answer 13

Bernstein
Elaborate - more m/c language which teachers use and exams are often wrote in
Restricted - more w/c language