Psychology help. SOCIAL CLASS HAS THE GREATEST EFFECT ON A STUDENT S CHANCES OF

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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 subcultures

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I feel that you have collected a good enough points for and against the mentioned statement. Please find my comments on the respective sections below :

For the Claim
After assessing all the points, I personally feel that - the attitude of Parents as per the class towards teachers, won’t be having any impact on their children’s performance in school.
I would also like to add a point that - in working class, if both the parents are working, then they would be having less time to monitor their children’s studies. This would in-fact affect their child’s performance in school.

Against the claim
I feel that all the points you have mentioned is apt for the mentioned statement; and I don’t have any points to add on to this list.

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