social class and achievment Flashcards
What are external factors?
Factors affecting achievement outsdie of the school and education system.
What are internal factors?
Factors affecting achievement within the school.
Define social class.
A group who share a similar economic and social situation.
Define material deprivation.
Poverty and a lack of economic necessities needed for educational success.
Define cultural deprivation.
Lack of correct norms and values necessary for educational success.
Define cultural capital.
The knowledge, attitudes, values, languages, tastes and abilities of the middle class.
What are the findings of the National Equality Panel of 2010?
Up to 50% of children in disadvantaged areas begin school without the necessary language and communication skills.
What are the findings of the DfES in 2014?
64% of students from higher social class backgrounds achieved a university degree compared with only 6% from unskilled backgrounds.
What are the findings of the National Equality Panel of 2013?
Less than 13% of students at Oxbridge came from a working class background.
List the three external factors.
- Cultural Deprivation
- Material Deprivation
- Cultural Capital (deficit)
