External mayerial factors on education Flashcards
External factor - housing
Waldfogel and Washbrook (2010) argue that working class pupils are more likely to live in damp, unclean and over-crowded housing. All of which means they are more likely to get sick, miss school, and therefore fall behind.
It also means there isn’t anywhere for the pupils to do work at home, causing them to fall behind.
As well as this, things like sharing a room with siblings or lack of space can disrupt sleep, causing tiredness at school which makes it harder to learn.
External factor 2- Diet and health
Howard (2001) argues that young people from poorer homes have lower intakes of energy, vitamins, and minerals. This leads to poorer health and difficulty concentrating, therefore affecting achievement in school.
Wilkinson (1996) argues that children from poorer homes are more likely to have emotional and behavioural problems that will affect their achievement in school.
External factor 3- Catchment area
Deprived areas are more likely to have problems such as: high unemployment, poverty, high levels of crime and drug abuse. One of the key factors is catchment area. The working class can’t afford to move to the catchment areas for the best schools, but this is an external factor.
Often the most underperforming schools are in the poorest areas and the people that live there can’t afford to move near a better school. Leech and Campos coined the phrase ‘selection by mortgage’ - this means children are divided into those who can attend good schools and those that can only go to bad schools by how much rent/mortgage their parents can afford to pay.
External material factor 4
The hidden cost of education
The Aviva Family Finance Report (2013) calculated that parents spent 1614 per year per child a state school, to cover basic school expenses such as P.E. kit, trips, stationary, and school lunches
This is known as the hidden costs of free education. Poorer families can’t afford this and so pup may not be able to participate in activities that help them learn. Low-income houses may not b able to afford educational toys or books which help your learning.
