Social Class And Student Education

Thus, globalization forces researchers to understand the influence of mobility, in addition to education, on social class (Banks & Banks, 2013). This articles I chose to investigate social class and its implications for educational outcomes are Social class and the hidden curriculum of work by Jean Anyon and Reappraising the importance of class in higher education entry and persistence by John Field and Natalie Morgan Klein.

Social class is a large faction of people who have similar positions in an economic system. In an exemplary world, all students would have an equal shot at success, excellent schools, and educators that dedicate themselves and their time to achieving this goal. However, social class can significantly affect a student's success, highlighting the correlation between low socioeconomic statuses and academic problems. In all social groups, class plays a significant role in the attainment of children in education. Unfortunately, this has always been the case and the effects are just more evident today. Families from high social classes are more likely to obtain a greater level of education than those in low social classes. Members of upper social classes tend to be better educated and have higher incomes; therefore, they are better able to supply educational advantages to their children as well. Being in a financially disadvantaged can also affect a child’s performance during school.  It is important, therefore, to examine the way in which education is distributed through social class. Between societal pressures, expectations and parental negligence, children can be negatively impacted in their pursuit for future success through their education as exemplified through “College Pressures” and “The Sanctuary of School”.

Do teachers still teach what you expect the students can learn and remain in their social class or do you still teach them what will give them the flexibility to choose their path in life? According to Jean Anyon in the article “ Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum”, the Hidden Curriculum sets the students to remain within their economic class, which causes inequality in the society. Her findings challenged the work of sociologists who assume that the student's academic success depends on their self-motivation to succeed. I'm of the two mind that the more money you have, the better education your child receives. On the other hand, I also agree that the student success depends on their self-motivation. However, I don't concur that the Hidden Curriculum still exists in schools as at today because instructors are trying their best to rouse students towards achieving more prominent positions in life with the help of information technology, teachers also develop discipline in students and finally, education is reducing inequality in the United States. Therefore, I still maintain that the Hidden Curriculum does not exist in our schools as at present.

The literature review addresses the following question: Does social class inequality affect higher education? The theoretical paradigm that is considered for this question is the Critical paradigm, in which is mainly qualitative and inductive. Critical paradigm is appropriate to answer this particular question because it involves inductive reasoning that begins from a specific observation to a more generalize. The paradigm also looks at how people are at a disadvantage when it comes to obtaining a higher education and incorporates observations and interviews that cultivate a conversation and the interviewee’s reflection. By interviewing people in different social classes and asking how it affects their education, researchers are able to identify the affects social class has on higher education.

Australia has suffered a large gap in education due to socio-economic class. Generations ago, social class was a major part of society that separated the different classes especially in education. The wealthy attended school and only a percentage of the poor received little education as most left school to help provide for the family. These days, although the Australian government is funding schools giving the opportunity of an education to all families regardless of their class, social class is still an intimidating debate among society. So, the question is does social class still have an impact on Australian education? This essay will discuss reasons, through field research and studies, as to why various social classes are still apparent

I absolutely think that social class interacts with school goals/functions and the conflicts they experience. Very often a school will have a focus like sports or art and it is what their funding is mostly used for. My own high school was focused on sports over everything. If you were a student athlete you received extra attention and constant help to make sure your grades were passing. To be involved in sports you needed to be able to afford to participate and buy equipment. You also needed access to transportation to make it to events and many athletes’ parents were very involved in helping and being at the school. There was almost an entire network to support athletes, but it was mostly exclusive to athletes. If you could not afford to be

Social class has a major influence over the success and experience of young people in education; evidence suggests social class affects educational achievement, treatment by teachers and whether a young person is accepted into higher education. “34.6 per cent of pupils eligible for free school meals (FSM) achieved five or more A*-C grades at GCSE or equivalent including English and mathematics GCSEs, compared to 62.0 per cent of all other pupils” (Attew, 2012). Pupils eligible for FSM are those whose families earn less than £16,000 a year (Shepherd, J. Sedghi, A. and Evans, L. 2012). Thus working-class young people are less likely to obtain good GCSE grades than middle-class and upper-class young people.

"We are shaped by society 's structures," is the primary concept of the idea developed by C. Wright Mills (Henslin). In this paper, I will demonstrate how my social class affected my family life and education.

In the article of '' Outcomes of social class and classism in first- and continuing-generation college students.'' written by Blake, Allan, explained the goal of this study was to check perceptions of classism which may illustrate the relationship between social class, first-generation college student status, and academic and academic and well-being outcomes. in general, with a sample of 1,225 college students from a public university. According to, (Stephens, Fryberg, Markus, Johnson, & Covarrubias, 2012) Research investigating pedagogical disparities through first-and continuing-generation college students has shown that middle-class norms prevalent in U.S. Classism has been cited as a specific environmental barrier that FGCS face in higher

An important thing I have learned from our class this second week of summer 2015 is that about “social class”. I've learned the terminology associating with social class and racial society. I learned how social class is very relevant throughout society. I have become more sociological mindful of my surroundings and how privileged I am. I thought it was very interesting how much I have compared to how little the average household have. According to the film “People like Us”, class can be harder to spot than racial or ethnic differences, yet in many ways it's the most important predictor of what kind of financial and educational opportunities someone will have in life. But class is a hard subject to talk about in a society like ours, where the

A theoretical concept that has changed my view of personal experience with sport/physical activity was how class correlates with a person’s lifestyle. The reason this concept has changed my view is because I noticed that while growing up, I was only able to play sports that were designed for lower class people such as football, basketball or maybe even track. Growing up, I thought sport was always equal, but as discussed in class, “sport is in fact closely tied to the wider social class structure and hierarchy evident within other aspects of U.S. society” (Beissel, 2016). This has showed me that the different types of sports people participate in deals with the class they seem to fall under. Also, this made me think of Bourdieu’s concept of

“A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people” and no one can take that away Mahatma Gandhi (1869 – 1948). We are representing ourselves by the things we do and say. The way we talk and are addressed shape us into the general population we get to be. Through words and different activities, we construct ourselves in a world that is building us. That world locations us to deliver the diverse characters we convey forward in life: men are tended to uniquely in contrast to ladies, ethnic minorities uniquely in contrast to whites, first class students uniquely in contrast to those from working families. Jean Anyon (1980) the writer of the “Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work”, says that a kid's social class mirrors

There has been an ongoing debate about social class and its relevance in contemporary society. Marx’s social class theory was relating to man and his access to the means of production. He stated there are two classes the bourgeoisie, those who own the means of the production and the proletariat who only possess their labour power to sell (

Firstly, due to socioeconomic background of different individuals, those from the low-class background are less likely to complete their high school, and for those who do, high chances are they do not go to universities. The lower class individuals, who successfully enroll in universities, are less likely to complete, and very few get to graduate. This consequently increases the gap between the lower class individuals and the middle and upper-class individuals. The education and social mobility also relate to; where the parents of students in a high-class school always have high expectations on good

In OECD report, the richest 10 % of the USA earn 28% of overall income pie, and the top 10% of people own 84.5% of the country’s wealth. The bottom 50% of people own 0.8% of the country’s wealth. Therefore, new people have most of the wealth of country. Recently, even thought children born in poor family, 90% of them will earn more money than their parents. However, they can not be in top 10 % in the USA. At the same time, there are higher unemployment rate and a big gap of income. People are unlikely to achieve a better position in society and get out from the bottom. People believe education provides a strong chance to attain success and wealth in society. Earning a college degree and learning skills will have a chance to higher income and lower unemployment rate and poverty level in this society. However, higher education requires a good financial state. College cost has risen. High tuition fee gives an unequal opportunities to every student, even though the college degree give opportunities to chance overcoming poverty. children in a rich family have more chance to get high education and the education drive to success life in the society. Three-quarters of students at the top 146 U.S. universities come from the richest fourth of families in the USA. Three percent of students come from families in the bottom income, and 10% of students come from the bottom half of the income family. This information explains why students from richer families