A2 Sociology - Paper 1 Education Summary (Topics 1-3) - Mindmap in A Level and IB Sociology

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A2 Sociology - Paper 1 Education Summary (Topics 1-3)
- Topic 1: Class External Factors
  - Cultural Deprivation
    - Language
      - Bernstien: Elaboarated and Restricted code (context-bound vs context-free)
    - Parent's Education
      - Poor, inconsistent dicipline leads to bad teacher realtionships
      - Bernstien + Young: middle-class investment in educational toys and activities
    - Working-class subculture
      - Sugarman: Fatalism, Collectivism, Present-time Orientation and Immediate Gratification
    - Comensationary Education
      - Operation Head Start, Education Action Zones, Sure Start, and Sesame Street
    - Bourdieu: Cultural, Economic and Educational Capital
  - Material Deprivation
    - Housing
      - Overcrowding (homework and sleep). lack of safe play space, illness from damp, and psycological stress from temporary housing
    - Health and Diet
      - Howard: Lower intake of vitamins and nutrients = lack of concentration and increased absences (+ more mental/ behavioural issues)
    - Fear of Debt
      - Local unis + London met 16% dropout rate
    - Costs of Education
      - Bull: 'The costs of free schooling' + children in part-time work
- Topic 2: Class Internal Factors
  - Labelling
    - Jorgensen: Different types of ideal student: behaviour vs ability
    - Rist: Different primary school tables: Tigers vs Clowns
  - Self-fufilling Prophecy
    - Jacobson: Spurters study
  - Streaming
    - Hard to get out once in lower set + IQ drops
    - Streaming and the 'A-C Economy'
    - Youdell: Educational Ttiage
  - Pupil Subcultures
    - Pro-school vs anti-school subcultures
    - Lacey: Diffferentiation and Polaisation
    - Woods: Intergration, ritualism, retreatism, and rebellion
  - Pupils' class identities
    - Sybolic Capital/Violence
      - Devalusing the working-class habitus = symbolic violence
    - Nike Idenities
      - working-cllass habitus of self-expression = gain symbolic capital
      - Archer: clashes with the dress-code and ideal pupil of the school (study of catholic boys after (11= exams - buiiled on non-uniform day)
    - Habitus
      - Preferecnes, lifestyle and consumption - middle-class habitus has capital to run the school
- Topic 3: Ethnic Differences in Achievement
  - Cultural deprivation
    - Liguistic/Intellectual Skills
      - Poor grasp of english language + inadequate black language = restricted code
    - Family Structures
      - Murray: Black Carribean families headed by lone mothers - inadequate parenting/ dicipline and poor socialisation
      - Pryce: Black faliure resulting from colonial opression
      - Asian work ethic - home mirrors education system
  - Labelling/Teacher Racism
    - Gillborn + Youdell: 'radicalised expectations' of black pupils
    - Asian pupils - talked to siplistically + names mispronounced
  - Pupil Identities
    - Archer: Ideal Pupil Identity, Pathologised Pupil Identity, and Demonised Pupil Identity
    - Chinese students both praised and viewed negativley for not being 'naturally clever'
  - Pupil Subcultures
    - Fuller: Black girls didn't accept teachers labels, nor did chinese students at sixth form
    - Sewell: Black boys responses - The rebels, the conformists, the retreatests, and the innovators
  - Institutional Racism
    - The Ethnicentric Curriculum
      - Tokenism, languages and history lessons
    - Gillborn: Assessment of black students - high acheivers to low achievers
  - Material Deprivation
    - Half of Bangaladesh/Pakistani workers earn under £7 hourly (+ twice as likely to be unemployed compared to whites) Asylum seekers can't work
    - Women sometimes not allowed to work due to traditions such as Purdah

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A2 Sociology - Paper 1 Education Summary (Topics 1-3)

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