Social Class Inequality (education) Middle/upper Advantage

Question 1

Scott

Answer 1

The upper class pay for their children to attend private schools where a culture of privilege is instilled. They also gain connections with others during this time - Known as ‘the old boy network’ that can later be used to gain ‘top jobs’.

Question 2

Bourdieu

Answer 2

suggests that education helps to socialise students into middle class identities - He states that the whole environment of school is similar to aspects of their home lives. Bourdieu suggests that the middle classes better ‘cultural capital’ meaning they have a wealth of knowledge and leisure interests and also have a comprehensive level of language which serves to advantage them children in the education system. This also explains why the working class do not achieve as highly in education - This is passed on through social reproduction of inequalities

Question 3

Kenway

Answer 3

at girls’ private schools, the girls were encouraged to develop high levels of self esteem by devaluing those girls who went to state schools.

Question 4

Sutton trust

Answer 4

found that 50% of students attending the elite Westminster schools got a place at Oxford or Cambridge in 2007.

Question 5

Who

Answer 5

Scott, bourdieu, Ken way, Sutton trust