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Class Theories (Douglas (Working class parents are less likely to show…
Class Theories
Douglas
Working class parents are less likely to show interest in education so give less support; e.g. not attending parents evenings
IQ of pupils dropped over time
when placed in the bottom stream aged 8 had a decline in their IQ score by 11.
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Hyman
Working class don't value education and don't believe they can benefit from it, so don't try
Lacey
1970
Streaming is 'differentiation'- a way of separating the sheep from the goats and educating them differently
Gillbourne and Youdell
'A-C economy'-schools ration time on effort on those
who are going to get 5A*-C grades and boost their league table position
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Rist
primary school teachers used information from a child's home background to put them in separate groups, the working class ones were sat furthest away with fewer books and less opportunities.
Keddie
although curriculum is the same, teachers give positively labelled pupils more abstract knowledge.
Rosenthal and Jacobson
Discovered the 'self-fulfilling prophecy' made a false test that identified some children that were going to do well, it came true because the teacher treated these pupils accordingly which helped them improve
Howard
2001
poor health, lack of vitamins, poor nutrition and no breakfast cause illness and poor concentration meaning children have more absences and gaps in education
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