SECTION B: Social Class Education

Question 1

Michael Gove 2010:

Answer 1

“Rich thick kids do better than poor clever children”

Question 2

Students form lower working class are:

Answer 2

• More likely to start school unable to read.
• Underperform in National Curriculum Tests.
• In 2012, only 8% of students attending the top 500 state schools for performance, received free school meals. (source: Sutton Trust 2013) compared to 17% nationally.

Question 3

Perry and Francis (2010):

Answer 3

Social class is the strongest predictor of educational achievement in the UK.

Question 4

Students from working class are more likely to:

Answer 4

Do a vocational course rather than more academic AS or A level courses.

Question 5

Internal factors with the school:

Answer 5

• Labelling
• The self fulfilling prophecy
• Pupil Subcultures
• Marketisation and selection policies.

Question 6

External Factors outside the school:

Answer 6

• Cultural Deprivation
• Material Deprivation
• Cultural Capital

Question 7

Cultural Deprivation:

Answer 7

Being deficient in the attitudes and values, knowledge, linguistic ability, self-discipline, reason skills or lifestyles necessary to succeed in the education system.

Question 8

Examples of cultural deprivation:

Answer 8

• Intellectual Development
• Language
• Attitudes and Values
• Parents education
• Working Class Subcultures.

Question 9

Material Deprivation:

Answer 9

Refers to poverty and a lack of material necessities.

Question 10

Examples of material deprivation:

Answer 10

• Housing
• Diet and Health
• Financial support and the cost of education
• Fear of debt

Question 11

Pierre Bourdieu (1984): Cultural capital

Answer 11

• Refers to the knowledge, attitudes, values, language, tastes and abilities of the middle class.
• refers to two further types of capital: educational and economic.