Educational achievement social class

Describe External factors

factors outside of the education system such as the influence of home and family background and wider society

Describe Internal factors

Factors within schools and the education system itself, such as interactions between pupils and teachers and also inequalities between schools

Describe Cultural deprivation

State of not having something, argue that most of us begin to acquire the basic values, attitudes and skills that are needed for educational success

What are the 2 types of codes that Bernstein says influences the social class achievement

Restricted & Elaborated

Describe restricted code

Typically used by the working class, has limited vocabulary and is based on the use of gramatically simple sentences, context bound

Describe elaborated code

used by the middle class, a formal, context free, very clear, gramatically correct

What did Bernstein argue about restricted and elaborated language code for social classes

He argued that speech differences give middle class an advantage at school and working class at a disadvantage. Elaborated code is used more in exams, textbooks etc and working class are likely to feel excluded and to be less succesful

Describe Parent education

It suggests that a parent's own level of education directly affects how they socialise and support their children, which influences the child's success at school

What is Blackstone & Mortimore

Argue that working class parents are not disinterested in their children education