Identity class and girls achievement - evaluation points

Question 1

ARCHER - study aim

Answer 1

Study of symbolic capital found that by performing WC identitites they gained symbolic capital but this clashed with school and they under achieved

Question 2

What are the 4 stratergies of the WC girls - ARCHER

Answer 2

1. Hyper heterosexual feminine identities
2. boyfriends
3. being loud
4. WC student dilema

Question 3

Hyper heterosexual identities

Answer 3

• money and time on appearence
• avoids ridicule

School punished them for jewlerry and school viewed it as distraction - so they get negaitvely labelled

Question 4

Boyfriends

Answer 4

Gains SC but they lowered aspirations nd dint want to go to uni
* one got pregnant

Question 5

Being to loud

Answer 5

Often outspoken and assertive
Failed to conform to shcools ‘ideal submissive student so brought conflict with teachers

Question 6

Working class students dilemma

Answer 6

Had to decide between
* gaining this symbolic capital from peers
* or gainin educaiton capital

Though som developed themselves as good underneath highlighting th struggle of being able ti achieve a sense of worth within an education that devalues WC

Question 7

EVANS

Answer 7

Girls wanted to o ro uni but mostly for family and not themselves

Often go to local unies as part of WC identity - results in self exclusion from elite unis and limits their own success