Differential Achievement - Class - OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL FACTORS

Question 1

Douglas

Answer 1

Middle class people were more likely to encourage attainment and progression, this they believed was indicated by more frequent visits to the school to discuss children’s progress.

Question 2

Bourdieu

Answer 2

Middle class have more cultural capital - Can contextualise their learning (linked to £)

Question 3

Smith and Noble

Answer 3

Working class face ‘financial barriers to learning’ - Can’t afford travel / resources

Question 4

Hernstein and Murray

Answer 4

Estimate that between 60-80% of intelligence is genetically based. Class differences in intelligence largely account for class differences in educational attainment.