Social Class - External Flashcards
What does Howard say about Material Deprivation?
Poor diet in the working class causes under-achievement because of lack of attendance / absence from school
And other factors like tiredness, poor immune system, lack of focus
What does Reay say about Material Deprivation?
Working class students are more likely to apply to local universities because of cost, meaning they have less of a chance of getting higher degrees
What does Sugarman say are the 4 barriers to educational achievement in the working class? (Cultural Deprivation)
Fatalism
Collectivism
Immediate Gratification
Present time orientation
What does Douglas say about the influence that parent’s social class have on their children’s education?
• working class parents - place less value on education = less ambitious children
• middle class parents - show interest through school visits, encouragement, more attention to their children during primary socialisation
What does Bernstein say about Cultural Deprivation?
Elaborate Code VS Restricted Code
- education uses the elaborate code which creates an immediate disadvantage for working class students
What does Gerwitz say are the 3 main types of parents + explain? (Cultural Capital)
Privileged skilled choosers
- middle class, know the best schools and how to get their children into them because of lots of economic and cultural capital
Semi-skilled choosers
- mainly working class, ambitious for their children, lacked cultural capital so confused by education system + become frustrated at inability to get them into a preffered school
Disconnected-local choosers
- working class, restricted by a lack of cultural and economic capital, less confident when dealing with schools
What does Keddie say about cultural deprivation?
That it is a myth
- says that working class culture us different not deprived
- teachers have anti-working class prejudices
