Sociology Education Social Class Outside School Explanations

Those on free school meals and in receipt of Pupil Premium are what % less likely to achieve 5 or more good GCSE’s?

• 7%

• 17%

• 27%

• 47%

Which social classes (select as many that apply) are more likely to stay in education for longer, get high status qualifications and achieve good degrees?

• Under-class

• Working-class

• Middle-class

• Upper-class

What is this a definition of? Lack of financial necessities that can impact on life chances such as good quality accommodation, time and space to study, resources and access to technology.

• Cultural capital

• Cultural deprivation

• Material deprivation

• Financial incentives

Alice Sullivan’s 2001 questionnaire research found GCSE results were higher in children who did what? Select as many that apply.

• Do part-time work

• Read complex fiction

• Watched documentaries and arts programmes

• Have parents with higher education experience

“Cultural deprivation theories make links between factors inside & outside of education”. Is this…?

• A strength

• A weakness

• Neither a strength or a weakness

Which theory argues the benefits of choice of school are available only to the middle classes, this explains underperformance of some groups?

• Functionalism

• Marxism

• New Right

• Feminism

• Postmodernism

Feinstein 2003 found material deprivation had some impact, but cultural deprivation more important. What was the critical aspect identified?

• Availability of resources

• Parental involvement

• Quality of housing

• Internet access

Which of the following are elements of cultural capital (Bourdieu)? Select all that apply.

• Reading for pleasure

• Watching documentaries

• Visiting the theatre

• Visiting the library

• Going to museums and exhibitions

Who argued that language (language codes) could explain working class underachievement in education?

• Bourdieu

• Sullivan

• Bernstein

• Sugarman

Ball et al. found that middle-class parents used what to get their children into good schools? Select two answers.

• Economic capital

• Cultural capital

• Social capital

• Symbolic capital