social class educational attainment 30 marker plan

Question 1

Introduction

Answer 1

• introduce internal vs external factors debate
• 12% attainment gap between FSM pupils and nonFSM pupils
• evaluate = internal and external factors should be interlinked

Question 2

Paragraph 1 - internal, labelling of WC students

Answer 2

P = ‘factors internal to the education system’
E = Becker, upper middle class best fit the description of the ideal pupil - Rist, ‘clowns tigers and cardinals’ the teacher took appearance into account - labels lead to self-fulfilling prophecy
A = suggests that labelling is an effective explanation
E = students can reject the label given to them

Question 3

Paragraph 2 - internal, setting and streaming

Answer 3

P = ‘internal to the education system’
E = Ball, MC are warmed up and WC are cooled down - educational triage, ‘borderline cases’ and ‘hopeless cases’ tended to be WC
A = suggests the education system isn’t meritocratic
E = govt introduced progress 8, designed to encourage schools to focus on improving the performance of all pupils

Question 4

OPTIONAL PARA 3 - internal, subcultures

Answer 4

Woods

Question 5

Paragraph 4 - external, socialisation and cultural deprivation

Answer 5

P = ‘parents socialise their children’
E = Gillian Evans, WC mothers caring and learning dont go together so WC children are less prepared, by the age of 3 children from WC backgrounds are up to 1 year behind - Bernstein, restricted vs elaborated code - Sugarman, WC subculture, fatalism, collectivism - Feinstein, more highly educated WC parents are the more they are able to encourage their children
A = students lack the cultural capital needed to achieve highly
E = Keddie, cannot be deprived of your own culture

Question 6

Paragraph 5 - external, material deprivation

Answer 6

P = ‘factors outside of school’
E = Bull, costs of free schooling, WC may lack equipment, wear hand me downs - Blanden and Machin, children from low income families are more likely to engage in externalising behaviour, issue with overcrowded house and mould could affect attendance and focus
A = suggests that material factors have a significant impact on educational attainment as it can be linked to underachievement
E = doesn’t explain how Chinese students on FSM still outperform

Question 7

Conclusion

Answer 7

the factors are interlinked