Social Class Difference In Attianment, Int Pt.4: Lesson 24

Question 1

What are positive evaluation points on Internal factors?

Answer 1

• Explains underachievement through labelling & self-fulfilling prophecy
• Highlights symbolic violence
• Shows self exclusion
• Supports Willis study

Question 2

What are negative evaluations of internal factors?

Answer 2

• Deterministic: assumes all pupils passively accept labels
• Ignores external factors like material deprivation
• Ignores gender & ethnicity
• Positivist criticism: too macro level, doesn’t consider individual agency