Class + Achievement Flashcards
List all the Material factors that affects achievement:
- Diet and Health
- Poor Housing & Accommodation
- Financial Restriction/ Support
- Cost of Education
How do Material Factors affect achievement?
- Housing:
= overcrowding = difficultly studying, lack of space for educational activities, disturbed sleep, impaired development for younger children ( no space for safe play and exploration)
=Temporary accommodation = Disrupts learning (moving around)
= Cold/ damp = ill health = absence - Diet & Health
=weakened immune = Absence
-=Behavioral / Emotional Problem = Concentration Difficulty
= Bullying =
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What are Internal Factors
factors within the schools and the education system that affects achievement such as interaction between pupils and teachers and inequalities
what are External Factors
factors outside of the education system which influences achievement such as the influences of the home and family background
outline external factors influencing class
- Cultural Deprivation
- Material Deprivation
- Cultural Capital
Outline internal factors influencing attainment
- Labelling
- Self-fulling prophecy
- Streaming
- Pupil subculture & identities
What do Cultural Deprivation theory argue
Argue that working class students arrive at school already under equipped to achieve because the families fails to socialize their children adequately and so these children grow up “culturally deprived”
what are the 3 main aspects of cultural deprivation
- Language
- Working Class subculture
- Parent’s Education
How does language effect education
Effects cognitive development thus their ability to benefit from the process of schooling
What did Hubbs-Tait et al noted in terms of achievement
Hubbs-Tait el al noted that educated parent would use language which challenged their children such as “what do you think?” whereas WC parents tend to use single word, disjoint phrases and closed questions such as “name this animal”
- believed this is the cause for lower educational performance from WC students
What did Fernstein found
Educated parents are more likely to use praise which encourages their children to develop a sense of their own competence
What are the Differences Berstein discover between MC & WC language
WC language use restricted code
- short, unfinished, grammatically simple sentences and context bound
MC language use elaborate code
- Long, grammatically complex sentences, context free, use varies communication styles and abstract ideas
Why are MC children at an immediate advantage
- Because schools favors their habitus and operate on the elaborate code through the likes of teachers, textbook and exams
What did Douglas found ?
WC Families placed less educational value and as a result :
gave less encouragement, were less likely to visit school, less likely to discuss their child’s progress with teachers and took less interest in Education
What does Feinstein found
parent’s education is the most important factor in affecting children’s achievement thus because MC parents were better education, they were able to give their children an immediate educational advantage via their parenting style, income and behaviors
How does Parenting style vary between MC/WC & how does this effect achievement?
MC parents emphasize consistent discipline and place high expectation on their children which supports achievement as it encourages active learning.
WC parents style is marked by harsh and inconsistent discipline which prevents the child from learning independence and self-control thus leading to poorer motivation at school and problems interacting with teachers
