Social Class Educational Attainment Outside Factors: Name 4 Inside Factors for Social Class

Question 1

What are Inside Factors which relate to Educational attainment?

Answer 1

Factors which apply within school which either positively or negatively impact someones ability to achieve high grades in school

Question 2

How can Labelling have an impact on Educational Attainment? Which study shows this?

Answer 2

Becker says that labelling has an impact because if a person of authority such as a teacher labels you in a negative way, you are more likely to accept the label and become a self-fulfilling prophecy and misbehave more

Question 3

How can Resistance to Learning have an impact on Educational Attainment? Which study shows this?

Answer 3

Willis’ study of The Lads shows this and resistance to learning can have an impact because it means that they are less likely to achieve high grades and instead “have a laff” as was the case in Willis’ study when in school

Question 4

How can Anti-School Subcultures have an impact on Educational Attainment? Which study shows this?

Answer 4

Archer found this with how students formed anti-school subcultures revolved around gaining status from clothes worn, instead of good grades. This resulted in punishments for wearing incorrect uniform resulting in missing lessons

Question 5

How can Assumptions by Teachers have an impact on Educational Attainment? Which study shows this?

Answer 5

Dunne and Gazeley found that assumptions to how working class students may act resulted in them being put in lower sets and also sitting foundation papers which meant they were less able to achieve as highly in school