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Assess the view that schools and what takes place within them are the main cause of social class differences in educational achievement
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Assess the view that schools and what takes place within them are the main cause of social class differences in educational achievement In Today's society it is believed in general working class pupils do less well than middle class pupils. Sociologists believe that working class pupils are less likely to attend nursery school. They are more likely to start school at five years old and unable to read. They also get fewer GCSE'S and A' levels. They are more likely to leave school at sixteen and get a job. They are less likely to attend university. There are many reasons why the working class may be less likely to underachieve. There are two ways of looking at achievement. These are the factors inside and outside of school. There are many school factors affecting achievement inside the school. There is a theory on teacher's expectations that was researched by Rosenthal and Jacobsen....
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