social class - education Flashcards
Name two external factors
Material deprivation - finical and cost, housing and diet and health
cultural deprivation - language, parents education and subculture
name two internal factors
labelling
self- fulfilling prophecy
streaming
what did Howard say about diet and health
people from poorer homes -> less nutrition -> more absense -> dont perform aswell in school
how does housing affect children education
overcrowding can have an effect on childrens studying - harder to concerntrate
what do smith and noble say about poverty
poverty acts as a barrier to learning , inablilty to afford good education -> poorer quality of schools
What does Becker say about labelling in classrooms
pupils are labelled by social class rather than ability, middle class pupils closest to ideal pupil
whats working class subculture (external)
sugarman - fatalsim ‘what ever will be will be’ , collecitvism ‘group performance rther than individual’ , immediate gratification, present time orientation
how does keddie approach cultural deprivation
she thinks its a myth and sees it as a victim blaming explanation . she dismisses the idea that school failure is blamed on cultually deprived home backgrounds
whats bernstein study in speech codes
restricted and elaborate , w/c use restricted and use very predictable language wheres as m/c use elaborate so they are questioned about ehat they are doing and encourage to use more elaborate language
whats the self fulfilling prophecy
when a teacher labels a student , they treat the studentt that way and in resukt they internalise it
what does becker say about streaming
w/c put in lower streams and its harder for them to get higher douglas - children placed in lower streams by 8 have suffered a decline in IQ by the time theyre 11
how can poverty lead to an internal factor
poverty may lead to bulling and stigmatisation of a peer group which can then lead to trauneting
how can speech code lead to internal factors
working class using restricted code may be lablled by teachers as less able.
what does youdell argue
national education policies and use GCE league tables to meaure schools performance and control funding this drives the A to C economy and results in labelling and streaming within school.
