S.C Inequalities Education Flashcards
1
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Top jobs and percentage who went to private school social mobility and child poverty commission
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Senior judge - 71%
Senior CO- 62%
permanent secretaries-55%
2
Q
Bourdieu (1977)
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Middle class posses cultural capital and schools are middle class institutions therefore middle class children fish in water
3
Q
Parsons & Bales
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(1956) schools work on meritocracy
4
Q
Smith& noble
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(1995) working class parents have a lower income and therefore may not be able to buy educational resources
5
Q
Douglas
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(1964)working class parents may place less value on education children are less likely to be motivated and encouraged by their parents to work. Whereas middle class parents express pro educational values
