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Today’s key assessment terms:RepackagingLinkingSignpostingSocial Terms

You have five minutes to complete the crossword which tests your knowledge of key terms and

definitions.

Remember key terms = marks

Across 4. the name of the system which included grammar, secondary modern and technical schools 8. the process whereby students feel like they cannot achieve due to regular negative feedback by teachers 9. the organisation used to inspect schools

Down 1. these are figures which the government use to assess a school's effectiveness 2. the name given to the teaching of values and norms within the education system 3. the process by which stereotypes are applied to members of ethnic minorities regarding their potential educational achievement 5. when the curriculum alienates members of ethnic minorities due to it's white British content 6. when students are put onto distinct pathways within education from an early age and these pathways cannot be altered 7. a school set up by a community of parent group which does not have to follow the national curriculum

Learning objective: Can I explain how social class impacts on educational outcomes?

B673: Sociology of EducationLesson 7: Preparing for assessment – part 2

Key Words:BourgeoisieProletariat MarxismFunctionalism

E/D Grade

You describe what the key issues are relating to social class and educational achievement. You use one or two other key terms linked to this. You also make some simple references to social theory and one or two sociological terms.

C/B Grade

You explain how social class links to educational outcomes. You make good points most involving key sociological terms, which are developed clearly. You make some strong links to relevant sociological theories.

A/A* Grade

You explain in detail the link between educational outcomes and social class. You use a range of good points involving key terms, all of which are developed. You make strong links to relevant sociological theories. You take a balanced approach social class and education.

Learning outcomes…

Social Class

Upper Class

Middle Class

Working Class

Tended to attend Private Schools

Tended to attend Grammar Schools – paid for tuition helped students achieve the 11+ exams

Tended to attend Technical Schools or Secondary

Moderns

Social Class

Middle Class

Socialised with idea of having to work hard to do well. This is called ‘deferred gratification’. More likely to pay for extra tuition, and take an active interest in child’s studies.

Attendance at parents evening is the norm and cultural capital

is higher.

Cultural Capital – is access to more books in the household, trips to galleries and theatre,

computer to use, family members who have high educational experience

Social Class

Working Class

Education is free so this should not impact on achievement. However, families normally have had a poor experience of education so do not

engage. Less choosy on schools.

Work more unsociable hours so cannot attend parents eve, be at

home to supervise homework etc.

Cannot afford ‘cultural capital’. The dialect of working class is frowned upon. Schools are by their nature

middle class.

Labelling of working class students or ‘chavs’. Self-fulfilling prophecy…

students to become hairdressers/builders etc

Making a difference

Closing the educational gap

In 2012, only 36.3% of disadvantaged students eligible for free school meals achieved five or more A*–C grades at GCSE including English and maths - the national average is 58.8%.

By the age of 14, young people from the poorest backgrounds are on average two years academically behind their counterparts from the most affluent areas.

The chance of getting into a good university is 25 times higher for independent school students than those from disadvantaged backgrounds at state schools.

Around seven out of ten of the poorest children still leave school without five good GCSEs

Making a difference

Research shows that strong leadership and dedicated and well prepared teachers are needed to change the culture of underachievement in the most deprived areas of the UK. Two organisations in particular are organised with

the intention of readdressing this imbalance.

An accelerated headship scheme, which identifies exceptional teachers with

potential to become headteachers of schools in challenging circumstances

within 5 years.An accelerated teacher training programme which

places the brightest university graduates in schools in challenging circumstances with

exceptional training to ensure they become outstanding teachers

E/D Grade

You describe what the key issues are relating to social class and educational achievement. You use one or two other key terms linked to this. You also make some simple references to social theory and one or two sociological terms.

C/B Grade

You explain how social class links to educational outcomes. You make good points most involving key sociological terms, which are developed clearly. You make some strong links to relevant sociological theories.

A/A* Grade

You explain in detail the link between educational outcomes and social class. You use a range of good points involving key terms, all of which are developed. You make strong links to relevant sociological theories. You take a balanced approach social class and education.

Learning outcomes…