What does Basil Bernstein look at?
Basil Bernstien distinguishes between the working class language code, restricted code and the middle class language code, elaborate code.
What does Feinstein argue is the most important factor in a child’s achievement?
Parental interest and the parents own education.
Bourdieu looks into why the middle class out perform working and puts it down too…
The middle class students parents as they posses more Economic and Cultural Capital.
Who argues that middle class are labelled as “bright” and were preferable to teach?
Howard Becker- Labelling Theory
Who saw streaming as a way of separating ‘bright’ and ‘thick’ students?
Lacey
What did Douglas find in lowest sets/streams?
That over time students intelligence fell.
Who looked into ‘Nike’ identities and ‘Losing Yourself’ within working class identities?
Louise Archer
Ingram found working class struggled to do what?
The working class struggled to ‘fit in’ to the education system.
Murray argues that which sort of family lead to underachievement among ethnic minorities?
Lone-parent families as they tend to lack a male role model.
Who found Asian families had a contrasting work ethic to other ethnic minorities?
Sewell- as they had a supportive ‘Asian Work Ethic’.
Lipton found after studying 4 working class schools…
White working class pupils suffer from poorer levels of behaviour and discipline.
Gillborn and Mirza found out what when looking at one area?
Black students went from the highest achievers when entering primary school to being below average at GCSE.
Who found that Asian children were seen as passive and conformist at primary school?
Connolly
Fuller studies a group of year 11 girls who…
Rejected teacher stereotypes and stuck together to do well (self-refuting prophecy).
Mirza found evidence that contrasted from Fullers observations but how?
Instead of working harder to spite teachers (as Fuller found, Mirza found other black girls dealt with racism by not asking questions.
Tikly and Strand discovered which students were likely to be entered for lower exams?
Black students.
David argues that the National Curriculum is what?
“Specifically British”
Sue Sharpe compared what from 1970’s to 1990’s?
That’s women’s priorities changed from childcare and domestic work to a career and independence 20 years late.
Mitsos and Browne found out that girls are better at being organised which explained?
Why girls generally did better than boys at course work aswell as being able to concentrate for longer as mature earlier.
Who found that boys were disciplined more harshly and had less expected of them?
Francis
Swann found what out about both genders in school?
Boys dominate the class room but girls work better in groups and respond better to encouragement.
Epstein looked at pro-school pupils and found that…
Working class boys were likely to label them as “gay”.
Byrne found what about how boys and girls were encouraged?
Boys were encouraged to be tough whilst girls were encouraged to be helpful, clean and tidy
Who spoke about a certain insult which was aimed at girls and what was the insult?
Byrne and he found girls were called “slags” but there was no equivalent for boys.
