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Social Class affecting Education 'Working class boys in particular are underachieving, while girls from poorer backgrounds are grasping the opportunities.' - Julie Henry; The Telegraph In my study, I will aim to find out the factors that cause underachievement. I will aim to use sociologists that approach the problem differently, to help understand and find an answer to causes and importance of Social Class related underachievement in education. My chosen sociologists will be Basil Bernstein with his ideas on Sociolinguistic codes and Harold Becker who studied the 'Ideal Pupil'. I will use unstructured interviews on 10 pupils and 10 teachers to come to a conclusion. 105 words. Main Research Method For my project, I will aim to take an Interpretivist view by using unstructured interviews to carry out my research into underachievement in education. I feel this will be the best method to use for my coursework since it will enable me to directly converse...

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