Social Class: Outside factors LT1 Flashcards
Material deprivation
lack basic necessities due to poverty
What material deprivation factors effecting education ?
. Housing
. Diet and health
. Financial support
. University
What are the two factors involved in housing ?
. direct
. indirect
what direct housing mean ?
overcrowding marked it harder for child to study
what indirect housing mean?
Effects on the health and well fare
E.g. mould
Who talks about Diet and Health ?
Howard (2001)
Howard (2001)
Children from poor backgrounds have a low intake of energy leading to i’ll health and absence
Who talks about Financial support ?
Tanner (2003)
Tanner (2003)
Cost of transport, uniform, books and equipment places a burden on poor families
What is marketisation in terms of school ?
Middle class parents are in a better position to manipulate the system to get better schools
Who looks into Debt ?
Callander and Jackson (2005)
Callander and Jackson (2005)
working class see debt as a negative
i.e. more cost than benefits to go to uni
What are working class students more likely to do ?
Receive little support and apply to local university, more likely to drop out and spend time in paid work
Cultural deprivation
Inadequate socialisation in the home, lack of cultural equipment
What cultural deprivation factors effect education ?
. language
. parents
. attitude and values
. cultural capital
What researchers talked about language ?
Feinstein (2008) and Bernstein (1973)
Feinstein (2008)
Educated parents are more likely to use challenging language
Bernstein (1973)
Working class underachieve due to being socialised into restricted language code instead of elaborate code
What researchers talked parents education ?
Douglas (1964) and Bernstein and Young (1967)
Douglas (1964)
Working classparents placed less value in education, so give less encouragement to children
Bernstein and Young (1967)
Better educated parents have high income to promote child’s education
what parenting style to educated parents have ?
high expectations and discipline of their children and know how to assist them
Who talked about attitudes and values ?
Sugarman (1970)
Sugarman (1970)
Identitied four barriers on education, immediate gratification, Fatalism, present time orientation and collectivism
Who did a study on cultural capital ?
Sullivan (2001)
Sullivan (2001)
Studies 465 students found those reading fiction and watched documentaries had a wider vocabulary
Weaknesses of Outside factors
- Deterministic
- Reductionist
- Blackstone and Mortimore
- Failing schools have less effective parent contact system
Black and Mortimore (1994)
Working class parent attend less parents evenings due to longer hours at work. Want to help children but lack skills and knowledge to do so
