Education and Social Class

Education and Social Class

1. Stratification

   • dividing society into social groups
   • These social groups then develop the same/similar social/cultural characteristics
     • This is how sociologists can group people
     • E.G.
       • upper class
         • Royals
         • Dukes/Lords
         • Aristocracy
       • Middle Class
         • Teachers
         • Doctors
         • Lawyers
       • Working Class
         • Builders
         • painters
         • Cleaners

2. Differences in education

   • pattern is that children from higher classes will do better than lower classes
     • Middle class children are more likely to be able to
       • Read
       • placed in higher groups
       • more likely to go to university
       • stay in education
       • This is due to middle class parents being/having
         • less money stress
         • private tutors
         • able to buy a good home near good schools
         • more pro active with schooling
         • internal and external factors affect all this too
           • more likely to have their own room to study in at home (external)
   • This inequality starts at primary age