2) class and subject choice

Question 1

(CASC) Status of vocational courses

Answer 1

Prepares students for particular work role, given lower status as it leads to lower paid jobs, WC pupils more likely to be pushed towards it. Marxists see vocational education as second rate for WC producing passive and docile workers

Question 2

(CASC) Status of vocational education AO3

Answer 2

post-16 education expanded with B-tecs equivalent qualification to A-levels, nationally recognised. T-levels too increase status of voc.
functionalists would argue vocational education beneficial and necessary for society.

Question 3

(CASC) Teacher labelling

Answer 3

teachers label WC negatively, seeing them as low achievers, resulting in self-fulfilling prophecy, WC pushed to BTECs more.
(setting and streaming) lower sets limits their achievement, can’t do academic subjects

Question 4

(CASC) Cultural Attitudes of Parents

Answer 4

Sugarman - attitudes of WC and MC differ due to different nature of manual and non-manual jobs
MC jobs allow opportunites to climb career ladder
planning for future
deferred gratification
income quicker for vocational subjects
NEON Study shows half of England’s unis fewer than 5% from disadvantaged white backgrounds