social class

Question 1

intellectual development

Answer 1

w/c families back books/toys that would stimulate a child, children begin school without skills for progress
a02- douglas- m/c mothers chose toys that encourage thinking and reasoning, preparing them for educational success

Question 2

language

Answer 2

w/c language is not sophiticated enough to have success in the system catered to m/c, disadvantage for talking to teachers or answering questions
A02- restrited (w/c, limited vocab, short and unfinished sentences) and elaborated code (m/c, complex sentences, gramartically correct)

Question 3

parental attidudes

Answer 3

w/c parents dont value education as much as m/c
A02- hyman, lower class people reflect a self imposed barrier, they have less chance of achieving success so see no point in trying
eval-working class arent less involved, they work long hours making it diffcult to help with homework or attend meetings

Question 4

housing

Answer 4

can effect achievement, overcrowding (harder to study), temp accom (moving more frequently, disrupting edu), more likely to get ill, lowering attendance

Question 5

diet and health

Answer 5

poorer families have lower intakes of energy vitamins and minerals, this weakens the immune system leading to absnece for illness

Question 6

cost

Answer 6

materially deprived children have to do without equipment or miss out on experinces that may have enhanced achievement
a02- ridge- children in poverty take on part time work (baby sitting)which effects schoolwork, explains why pupils leave school at 16, or few onto uni as debt deters them