education class

Question 1

what r the external factors

Answer 1

1. material deprivation
2. cultural deprivation

Question 2

list examples of material deprivation

Answer 2

1. housing
   2.diet n health
2. hidden cost of eduction
3. university

Question 3

list examples of cultural deprivation

Answer 3

1. language
2. parents
3. working class subculture (attitudes n values)
4. cultural capital

Question 4

what did sugarman identify 4 acts to barrier educational achievement

(cultural dep)

Answer 4

1. WC subcultures encourage immediate gratification - MC deffered
   2.fatalism = nothing can be done
   3.present time orientation -no plans for future
   4.collectivism - group succeeding not individual.

Question 5

evaluation of external factors

Answer 5

1. DETEMINSITIC.
   assume WC households suffer from M & C .D. and this will lead to poor achievement at school.
   This very PESSIMISTIC VIEW - suggest children have no free will of how well they do.

2.REDUCTIONIST.
internal factors - teacher labelling, pupil subculture may have significant role. =outside school explanations r oversimplified.

3. REJECT WC PARENTS VALUE EDUCATION LESS.
   BLACKSTONE & MORTIMORE
   found attend parents evening less due to longer hours at work or put off by MC atmosphere.
   May want to help with education but lack skills & knowledge to do so.
4. failing schools (WC) less effective systems of parent teacher contact.
   makes it more difficult to keep track of Childs progress.

5.KEDDIE cultural explanations MYTH VICTIM BLAME.
WC culturally different & not deprived.
WC fail bc dominated by MC values. schools should recognise WC culture n build on strengths.

6. introduction of compensatory education has been partially successful in addressing deprivation & raising achievement of WC students.

Question 6

list inside school factors

Answer 6

1. labelling
   2.steaming
2. pupil subculture
3. pupil class identiies & the school -link between inside & outside.

Question 7

evaluation of inside school factors

Answer 7

1. DETEMINSITIC
   assume teachers negatively label WC pupils + inevitably lead to SFP.
   PESSIMISTIC VIEW.
   no free will - (fullers girls)
   2.REDUCTIONIST
   other factors may play a part i.e. external. this explanation may be oversimplified.
2. Marxist- labelling theory.
   argues labels r not just result of teacher prejudices but instead stem from the fact the whole structure of the education system reproduces class divisions.

4.both labelling & SFP may not be result of school but other social n cultural institutions i.e. media, politics, religion.

Question 8

LABELLING & SFP FIELD EXPRIMENT

ROSENTHAL & JACOBSON

Answer 8

told teachers 20% of children had been tested & shown high intelligence & were expected ti make rapid progress in next yr compared to other students.
students - chose at random.

FOUND:
within a yr students chosen made rapid progres compared to other student.
evidence- pupil progress affected by teacher expectations SFP.

Question 9

who discussed ideal pupil

Answer 9

Becker

Question 10

STREAMING STUDY
what did gilbron n youdell do??

Answer 10

2001 - London secondary schools
teachers placed WC into lower sets.
steaming linked to publishing of league tables based on performance.
LED TO A-C ECONOMY
=schools focus time, effort & recourses on pupils they believe will achieve 5 c’s & ^ to get better position in LT = more funding.

Question 11

streaming:
what is the educational triage

Answer 11

GILBRON N YOUDELL
‘those who will pass anyway’
‘those with potential’
‘hopeless casses’ - WC labelled n ignored = SFP.

Question 12

why did schools have an educational triage??

Answer 12

bc under pressure from marketisations to select pupils due to competition n league tables.

Question 13

subtopics of LABELLING

Answer 13

-stereotypes
-normalsation of underachievement of WC
-SFP
-ideal pupil

Question 14

subtopics of SREAMING

Answer 14

-diffuclt to move up once streamed
-A-c economy
-educational triage
-cream off

Question 15

subtopics of SUBCULTURES

Answer 15

-polaristion
-anti school, pro school
-initation,
-retreatism
-outside school link- willis lads

Question 16

subtopics in pupils class identifies link O & I

Answer 16

-symbolic capital
-symbolic violence
-nike identities