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would like to investigate it the achievement of middle class students obtaining their GCSE is a direct result of parental interest and contribution
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Rationale I would like to investigate it the achievement of middle class students obtaining their GCSE is a direct result of parental interest and contribution. The hypothesis I am going to research is ''Middle class pupils, in Manchester Secondary schools, who achieve at GCSE, is a result of a high level of parental interest'' I will be using the theory Liberal functionalism to focus on the amount of interest parents give towards their children's schoolwork as this concentrates on the impact of home factors on a pupil's achievement. My reasons for conducting this study is because whilst doing my GCSE's I had a great deal of encouragement from my parents and achieved good high grades. This associates with the work of Douglas, who stated, 'High parental interest is closely linked to high attainment at GCSE level'. In order to test my hypothesis I will have the following aims: 1. To define the key terms of 'Social Class'...
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