Changing the way you learn

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What percentage of pupils achieve 5 or more GCSE's (A-C) when their parents are unempleyed?

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What did J.W.B Douglas find?

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That ethnic minorities are more likely to get less GCSE's than non ethnic minorities
That working class pupils parents' are less likely to support their child's intellectual development
That working class pupils have 4 key features that act as barriers to educational achievement

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What does Neil Keddie think about schools and cultural deprivation?

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Working class culture is not 'deficient', schools need to recognise this and build on its strengths, and challenge teachers anti-working class prejudices
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Working class pupils are disadvantaged because of: fatalism, immediate gratification, collectivism, and Present-day orientation

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Did Barry Sugarman think of 5 ways working class children are disadvantaged?

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What did Barry Sugarman say?

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Fatalism and Immediate Gratification are the reason working class kids underachive
Collectivism and Present-day orientation are the reason working class kids underachive

Sociology & education

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