external factors - social class inequalities Flashcards
What are external factors that affect educational achievement (social class)?
- Material Deprivation
- Cultural Deprivation
- Cultural Capital
What is Cultural Deprivation?
The Cultural Deprivation theory is that some groups eg. lower social classes, have inferior norms, values, skills and knowledge that stop them from achieving in education.
Immediate gratification is …
looking at the here and now. Working class parents often put children in schools based on immediate gratification eg. friends from primary school are also going to that school. working class students display their want for immediate gratification as sometimes they will choose subjects based on what seems fun rather that what will help them find a career in the future.
Deferred gratification is …
thinking about the future. Middle class parents often put their children in schools based on how good the schools are and how high they are on the league table. middle class students show their want for deferred gratification when they choose subjects based on their future goals and plan for their future careers.
Basil Bernstein…
used an experimental approach to make links between language and educational achievement.
complex language codes…
Middle class children tended to use the elaborated code is more detailed and the meanings are more clear through the use of more specific vocabulary.
basic language codes…
working class children tended to speak in a restricted code which had limited expression and implicit meaning. It also had limited depth in grammar and vocab.
