Influence of social class on differential achievement in education
-material deprivation
-This is when people don't have enough resources
-For example, jotters and writing resources
-Cultural deprivation
-This means lower classes don't have norms and values that value education passed through
primary socialisation onto them by parents
-For example, parents might be less interested in education and cannot help with homework
-This ties into functionalism that claims education is a meritocracy, this means that the best
performers will get designated that will match their talents regardless of social class
Impact of ethnicity on differential education
-English is second language
-This means that pupils would not be able to understand information that would make it difficult
to perform well in school for them
-Pygmalion effect
-This is when teachers have a subconscious bias towards colored students
-The impact is teacher would view those students as not as smart as other pupils which means
they wouldn't get harder task in order to develop their learning further.
A social issue other than differential achievement in education
-Feminism believes society is a patriarchy controlled by men where attention is diverted to men
-material deprivation
-This is when people don't have enough resources
-For example, jotters and writing resources
-Cultural deprivation
-This means lower classes don't have norms and values that value education passed through
primary socialisation onto them by parents
-For example, parents might be less interested in education and cannot help with homework
-This ties into functionalism that claims education is a meritocracy, this means that the best
performers will get designated that will match their talents regardless of social class
Impact of ethnicity on differential education
-English is second language
-This means that pupils would not be able to understand information that would make it difficult
to perform well in school for them
-Pygmalion effect
-This is when teachers have a subconscious bias towards colored students
-The impact is teacher would view those students as not as smart as other pupils which means
they wouldn't get harder task in order to develop their learning further.
A social issue other than differential achievement in education
-Feminism believes society is a patriarchy controlled by men where attention is diverted to men
