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Page 1: Discussion Question: How do you define your social class? Do you feel that your social class matters?

Discussion Question:

How do you define your social class?

Do you feel that your social class matters?

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There is a relationship between parental occupation and education and children’s success or failure in

school

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Sociological Targets

To understand that class can have an influence on school attainment.

To recognise that traditional patterns of class attainment are resistant to change.

To identify some of the factors that may contribute to the class patterns of attainment.

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Personal targets

To think critically about social class

To undertake personal research

To write a paragraph with both AO1 and AO2 skills in evidence.

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SOCIAL CLASS TYPICAL EMPLOYMENTHigher Managerial occupations 1.1 Company directors, Police Inspectors, Bank Managers, Senior Civil Servants,

Military Officers

1.2 Doctor, Barrister, Solicitor, Clergy, Librarian, Teacher

Lower Managerial 2 Nurses and midwives, Journalists, Actors, Prison Officers, Police and Soldiers (below NCO)

Intermediate 3 Clerks, Secretaries, Driving Instructors, Computer Operator

Small employers 4 Publicans, Farmers, Play group leader, Window cleaner, Painter and Decorator

Lower supervisory and craft 5 Printers, Plumbers, Butchers, Bus Inspectors, TV engineers, Train drivers

Semi-routine occupations 6 Shop assistant, Traffic Warden, Cook, Bus drivers, Hairdressers, Postal workers

Routine occupations 7 Waiters, road sweepers, Cleaners, Couriers, Building labourers, Refuse collectors

Never worked 8 Long term unemployed and non-workers

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Typical occupations or jobs

top management, surgeons, top doctors, university lecturers, chemists,

teachers, executives, journalists

secretaries, sales executives, officials

skilled crafts people and hairdressers

semi-skilled people such as bus drivers and machine operators

unskilled people, labourers and cleaners

Letter

A

B

C1

C2

D

E

Number

1

2

3a

3b

4

5

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Attainment of top GCSE grades by parental occupation

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Is this a problem?

There is a persistent gap in the achievement levels of working-class and middle-class pupils.

There is close correlation between a child's postcode and education achievement.

Although working-class achievement has improved in absolute terms, the relative difference between the social classes has remained largely unchanged.

Access to private schools offers extra opportunities to wealthier children.

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Discussion questions

Why does the government need to tackle issues of working class underachievement?

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Discussion questions

What are the causes of working class underachievement?

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Home School

Culture The culture of the

working class leads to school failure

The culture of schools disadvantages the

working class

Deprivation

Working class children do not have the material possessions that they

need for success

Schools in working class areas are underfunded and under-resourced

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• Is working class culture very different from middle class culture?

• What social skills are required for success in school?

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Summary of key pointsDespite the efforts of government policy for

60 years, class differences in educational attainment remain persistent

Middle class children benefit more from investment in education.

There are a variety of explanations for this pattern.

The causes are probably multifactored

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Summary of key pointsDespite the efforts of government policy for

60 years, class differences in educational attainment remain persistent

Middle class children benefit more from investment in education.

There are a variety of explanations for this pattern.

The causes are probably multifactored

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Assessment

Outline and explain the relationship between social class and educational attainment in the UK.

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Recent stories in the media

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/nov/11/class-education-school-success

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/social-class-determines-childs-success-934240.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/education-audit-schools-success-comes-down-to-class-says-headteacher-in-debt-578262.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/default.stm


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