Key Studies: Social Class And Education

Question 1

Douglas

Answer 1

working-class parents took less interest in school and education and therefore pushed their children less and indeed often encouraged them to focus on goals outside school and education.

Question 2

Bernstein

Answer 2

Elaborated (MC) and restricted (MC and WC) speech codes

Question 3

Bourdieu

Answer 3

Cultural capital: the non-financial assets that individuals possess and can use to gain advantage in society. These assets include knowledge, skills, tastes, attitudes, and experiences.

Question 4

Sugarman

Answer 4

WC subcultures (fatalism, present-time orientation, immediate gratification, collectivism)

Question 5

Keddie

Answer 5

cultural deprivation is a ‘blame the victim’ approach