Case Study 2: Parental choice - Gewirtz

Question 1

Where and what did he study

Answer 1

14 London Secondary Schools

Question 2

What did he find?

Answer 2

Differences in parent’s economic and cultural capital lead to differences in how far they can exercise their choice of secondary school.

Question 3

1. Privileged school choosers

Answer 3

Middle class parents who use their wealth & knowledge to take full advantage of the choices open to them. Sending their child to what they deem as the ‘best’ school.

Question 4

2. Disconnected local choosers

Answer 4

W/c parents whose choice is restricted as they don’t understand the system. So settle for local school.

Question 5

3. Semi-skilled choosers

Answer 5

W/c parents, ambitious but still lack the resources & knowledge of the system so are frustrated and have to settle for local school.