psychology help. please elaborate the points listed below. please write it down
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psychology help. please elaborate the points listed below. please write it down as paragraphs. separately for the claim and against the claim
SOCIAL CLASS HAS THE GREATEST EFFECT ON A STUDENT S CHANCES OF DOING WELL IN SCHOOL'. EVALUATE THE ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST THIS CLAIM (20) For the claim: . Economic/material factors: Afford tutors Afford private school Environmental factors eg live in a good area with good schools Space and peace to work Pover ty could lead to ill health, which leads to non attendance Money for trips etc Money for equipment such as computers/books . Cost of further education/university . Cultural factors: Values and attitudes eg middle class parents putting more value on e education, working class parents perhaps having a negative set of norms and values (cultural deprivation) Attitudes to teachers eg if working class parent they may have a fear/negative e attitude to teachers and meetings Cultural capital eg middle class parents are more likely to take children to museums and spend leisure time supporting their education Any other reasonable arguments Against the claim: Gender affects academic achievement more due to school/home/society Ethnicity affects academic achievement more due to school/home/society . School factors matter more: Labelling/self fulfilling prophecy Setting/streaming . Curriculum factors Teacher's attitudes .Anti school subculturesExplanation / Answer
For the claim:
Parents' social class has a greater impact on how well their children perform at school than good parenting techniques such as reading bedtime stories.Different classes emphasise different values, possess different levels of resources and human capital and have different parenting styles. Disadvantaged parents for example, working class, do not always possess the knowledge or resources to help their children convert the high aspirations into actions and future achievement. This implies only that in more economically affluent families, family social capital and relationships play an important role in enabling students to benefit from family human, economic and cultural capital which further aligns the combination of aspirations, expectations and achievements.Economic disadvantage of middle class parents can be compensated by social capital in the form of family norms, values and networks, as well as a broader set of community values and networks that promote particular educational goals. They tend to instill in children the importance of family,how spending time together is important,how being their for each other is important. Just ny spending money on the child and giving them everything they want doesnt help in making them develop the core human values. Middle class parents able to teach their children the importance of money and all other necessities of life.Parental aspirations and expectations that can be channelled to children via strong social relationships would play a key role in determining the ways in which aspirations, expectations and achievements are associated.
Against the claim:
Teachers teach pupils in higher-streamed classes with far greater expectations than those in lower streams; to the extent that lower streamed pupils are sometimes not given the depth of knowledge needed to achieve at a higher level even if they wanted to.Marxists argue there’s a direct relationship between a person’s social-class and where they are setted. The higher your social-class the greater the chance you’ll be placed into a higher streams set.Poverty directly affects academic achievement due to the lack of resources available for student success. Low achievement is closely correlated with lack of resources. Resources can include financial, emotional, mental, spiritual, and physical resources as well as support systems, relationships, role models, and knowledge of hidden rules.The student’s race, gender, ethnicity, and appearance fall into the category of labeling. Teachers who are biased against a specific race, for example, will have lower expectations of students within that race.School achievement is not simply a matter of a child’s native ability, but involves directly and inextricably the teacher as well.
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