Main Sub-Topics
- Intro – How achievement varies by social class background
- Material deprivation and educational achievement.
- Cultural deprivation theory and educational achievement
- Cultural capital theory and educational achievement
- In school processes and how these effect achievement
- How education policies affect educational achievement by social class
Selected Key Concepts
- Social Class
- Educational Attainment
- Cultural Deprivation
- Immediate Gratification
- Deferred Gratification
- Elaborated Speech Code
- Restricted Speech Code
- Fatalistic
- NEETs
- Material Deprivation
- Social Capital
- Material Capital
- The Ideal Pupil
- Counter School Culture
- Streaming
- Compensatory Education
Selected Short Answer Questions
- Define what is meant by the term ‘material deprivation’ (2)
- Using one example explain how cultural deprivation effects educational achievement (2)
- Outline three ways in which material deprivation can affect educational achievement (6)
- Outline and briefly explain two ways in which cultural capital can give an advantage to some pupils in education (10)
Selected Essay Questions
- Assess the argument that cultural factors are more important that material factors when explaining social class and achievement. (20)
- Assess the view that home factors are more important than in-school factors when explaining differential achievement by social class (20)
