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Class differences in education
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A Levels Sociology (Education) Mind Map on Class differences in education, created by dottydiva96 on 04/01/2014.
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Class differences in education
External factors
Cultural deprivation
WC lack cultural attitudes and skills for success
Intellectual development
Lack learning resources
Toy banks, Sure Start
Douglas - WC score lower on ability tests than MC
Language
WC - restricted code
Limited vocabulary, poor gramar
English compulsory
MC - elaborate code
Eloquent - used in text books and by teachers
Attitudes and values
Douglas - WC parents less enthusiastic about edu
Hyman - attitudes of the WC are a 'self-imposed barrier' to edu success
Sugarman
Fatalism: WC believe in fate
Collectivism: being part of a group more important
Immediate gratification: seek fun now
Present-time orientation: now is most important
Keddie argues culturally different not deprived
Blames school system for MC benefit only
Compensatory education
Policy designed to target cultural deprivation
Sure Start, parenting classes
Material deprivation
33% of FSM got 5A* - C
Housing
Overcrowding and disruption
Poor housing = illness
Diet and health
Poor nurition
WC more likely to have behavioural/emotional disorders
Finances
Lack equipment
More likely to work instead of uni
Cultural capital
Bourdieu: three types of capital
Cultural capital
Knowledge, attitudes, values, tastes and abilities of MC
Socialisation - more analytical and intellectual
Educational and economic capital
90% of failing schools are in deprived areas
Selection by mortgage - MC can afford houses around better schools
Gerwitz: marketisation and parental choice
Idenitifies three types of parents
Privileged-skilled choosers
MC parents used their economic and cultural capital to get children into good schools
Understood school system and admin
Can afford tutors and extra tests
Could afford to move close to school/send children to schools further away
Disconnected-local choosers
Lack understanding and cultural and economic capital
Valued safety and facilities over league tables
Semi-skilled choosers
WC but ambitious for children
Lack cultural capital and had to rely on opinions of others
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