Social Class External Factors

Question 1

What are the 3 external factors influencing class differences in achievement?

Answer 1

Cultural deprivation

Material deprivation

Cultural capital

Question 2

What is cultural deprivation?

Answer 2

The idea that parents fail to socialise their children appropriately for achievement in school

Question 3

What are the 3 ways parents culturally fail WC children in education?

Answer 3

Language

WC culture

Parental attitudes

Question 4

What are the two types of speech code?

Answer 4

Elaborated code - context free

Restricted code - context bound

Question 5

Who came up with the speech codes theory?

Answer 5

Bernstein

Question 6

What are the 4 feature of working class culture?

Answer 6

Immediate gratification

Collectivism

Fatalism

Present time orentation

Question 7

Who studied the WC culture?

Answer 7

Sugarman

Question 8

What did Douglas find about parents education?

Answer 8

WC parents value education less so show less interest in their children’s work & were less ambitious

Question 9

What did Feinstein add to parental education?

Answer 9

Mc parents are more child centred so will spend more time developing their education and creating networks with schools

Question 10

What is material deprivation?

Answer 10

The inability to afford the basic essentials and impacting educational achievement

Question 11

What is the main measure of material deprivation?

Answer 11

Free school meals ( FSM)

Question 12

What does Bull argue about the costs of education?

Answer 12

Bull argues that education isn’t free and has hidden costs such as trips and books

Question 13

How does material deprivation impact health?

Answer 13

Lack of nutritious food for a healthy diet can lead to loss of concentration

Poor living conditions can impact frequency of illness

Question 14

Who created cultural capital theory?

Answer 14

Bourdieu

Question 15

What are the 4 types of capital presented by bourdieu?

Answer 15

Economic
Educational
Social
Cultural

Question 16

How does cultural capital influence achievement?

Answer 16

Sullivan - students that read complex fiction, made educational visits all achieved higher

Question 17

How do parents influence cultural capital?

Answer 17

MC mothers had higher educational & economic capital and read to their children

MC parents have higher social capital and can help network for future opportunities

MC cultural capital mean they are more informed of which schools are better

Question 18

What sociologist looked a material deprivation and health?

Answer 18

Howard

Question 19

What did howard say about housing Conditions?

Answer 19

Overcrowding means there is no room for educational activities, such as homework and reading. It also means disturbed sleep from sharing bedrooms

Families living in temp accommodation may find themselves having to move frequently, leading to disturbed education

Overcrowded homes mean greater risk of accidents and a higher risk of getting ill. This may lead to absence from school

Question 20

Which sociologist looked at the link between money and Education?

Answer 20

Tanner

Question 21

What did tanner say about material deprivation?

Answer 21

WC families might live in poverty and as a result cannot afford to send their child to good schools.

Good schools may be out of their catchment area; can’t afford tuition or transport fees ​