Class differences Flashcards
(6 cards)
Bernstein
P – Define Cultural deprivation
E – Centre for longitudinal studies (2007)- disadvantaged children by 3 already 1 year behind
E – Gap widens with age, Bernstein (1975)- speech codes, elaborate vs restrictive
L – Elaborate = advantage, used by teachers, exams and reasoning
E – Gaine + George (1999)- exaggerate + oversimplify differences
1975
Feinstein
P – Define Material Deprivation
E – private schools 7% of students but contribute 43% to Oxbridge
E – Parents education levels, Feinstein (2008)- socialisation, behaviour, use of income to promote MC success
L – Higher parental qualifications = higher chance of success
E – Value judgement
2008
Hempel Jorgenson, R+J
P – Define Labelling + Setting
E – Teacher expectations + ideal pupil
E – Type of school, Hempel Jorgenson (2009)- Rowan (MC) vs Aspen (WC)
L – Rosenthal + Jacobson (1968)- ‘20% spurters’ = 47% academic progress
E – Doesn’t explain why some WC pupils still succeed despite disadvantage
2009, 1968
Gillborn + Youdell, Douglas
P – Define Streaming
E – Teacher stereotypes of ability in terms of class
E – A-C economy, Gillborn + Youdell (2001)- Educational Triage due to Marketisation
L – Douglas- students placed in lower stream at 8 had a significant decline in IQ by 11, typically WC students
E – (9-1) GCSE grading
2001
Lacey, Hargreaves
P – Define Subculture
E – Pro vs Anti school
E - Lacey (1970)- develop via differentiation + polarisation
L – Gain status through flouting rules, Hargreaves (1967)- boys as triple failures
E – Fuller (1984)- alternative responses/ too deterministic
1970, 1967
Bourdieu, Archer
P – Define Class Identity
E – Bourdieu (1984)- Habitus
E – Schools have a MC habitus, Archer (2010)- MC gain symbolic capital, WC adopted symbolic violence
E- Schools stigmatise WC for having ‘Nike identities’
L – WC limited in education due to possessing wrong identity leading to social exclusion
E -
1984, 2010
