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What social class do you feel yourself to belong to?

Explore the relationship between social class and education, effects of class on attainment, government policies, and persistent class differences in academic success. Discover factors influencing class patterns and the importance of addressing working-class underachievement.

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What social class do you feel yourself to belong to?

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  1. What social class do you feel yourself to belong to? Discussion Question: How do you define your social class? Do you feel that your social class matters?

  2. What are the effects of social class on educational attainment? There is a relationship between parental occupation and education and children’s success or failure in school

  3. 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.

  4. Personal targets • To think critically about social class • To undertake personal research • To write a paragraph with both AO1 and AO2 skills in evidence.

  5. Government definitions of class (2001)

  6. Class categories (pre-2001)

  7. Attainment of top GCSE grades by parental occupation

  8. 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.

  9. Discussion questions • Why does the government need to tackle issues of working class underachievement?

  10. Discussion questions • What are the causes of working class underachievement?

  11. Is working class culture very different from middle class culture? • What social skills are required for success in school?

  12. Summary of key points Despite 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

  13. Summary of key points Despite 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

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

  15. 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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