Internal And External Factors Of Social Class And Education

Question 1

What is labelling?

Answer 1

Attach a meaning or definition to someone
Teachers often label based more on class than actual ability
Attach negative labels to working class

Question 2

Material deprivation

Answer 2

Refers to poverty and lack on material necessities
33% of children with free school meals gain 5 A-c’s
61% of children not receiving free school meals
90% of failing schools are located in deprived areas

Question 3

Cultural deprivation

Answer 3

We acquire basic values and attitudes needed for educational success from primary socialisation
Working class families fail to socialise children adequately

Question 4

Streaming

Answer 4

Separating children into different ability groups called streams
Each group is taught separately based on ability

Question 5

Critique of Rosenthal and Jacobsen

Answer 5

Margaret Fuller
Research on black girls in comprehensive London schools
Labelled as low achievers
Response was to prove the teacher wrong