Social class diffrences in achievement(external)- Key terms

Question 1

Cultural Deprivation

Answer 1

When students lack the cultural equipment to do well in school

Question 2

Restricted code

Answer 2

W/c- limited vocab use short and unfinished grammar and is grammatically incorrect. Context bound

Question 3

Elaborated Code

Answer 3

m/c- wider vocab and is longer and more grammatically complex

Question 4

Subculture

Answer 4

a group whose attitudes and values differ from the mainstream culture they have 4 beliefs; Fatalism, Collectivism, Immediate Gratification and present- time orientation

Question 5

Fatalism

Answer 5

belief in fate ‘whatever will be will be’ and there is nothing to do to change your status

Question 6

Collectivism

Answer 6

value of being part of a group more than succeeding as an individual

Question 7

Immediate gratification

Answer 7

seeking pleasure right now rather than making sacrifices in order to get rewarded

Question 8

Present time orientation

Answer 8

believing the present is more important than the future

Question 9

Compensatory education

Answer 9

programmes that aim to tackle the problem of cultural deprivation by providing extra resources to schools and communities in deprived areas- Sesame street.

Question 10

Material deprivation

Answer 10

poverty and a lack of material necessities such as housing and income

Question 11

Cultural Capital

Answer 11

refers to the knowledge, values and language tastes and abilities of the m/c

Question 12

Habitus

Answer 12

taken for granted ways of thinking being and acting shared by a particular social class