What factors help to explain differences in educational achievement and experience?

What the syllabus asks of you

• Patterns in educational achievement and experience: Social class
• Patterns in educational achievement and experience: Ethnicity
• Patterns in educational achievement and experience: Gender
• Patterns in educational achievement and experience: Global differences
• Explanations for differences in educational achievement and experience based on social class: Material factors, e.g. access to digital technology
• Explanations for differences in educational achievement and experience based on social class: Cultural and social factors
• Explanations for differences in educational achievement and experience based on social class: Cultural capital
• Explanations for differences in educational achievement and experience based on social class: Home/community factors
• Explanations for differences in educational achievement and experience based on social class: Linguistic factors
• Explanations for differences in educational achievement and experience based on social class: Compensatory education
• Explanations for differences in educational achievement and experience based on social class: In-school factors, e.g. pro- and anti-school sub-cultures
• Explanations for differences in educational achievement and experience based on social class: Selective and private education
• Explanations for differences in educational achievement and experience based on social class: Labelling theory
• Explanations for differences in educational achievement and experience based on social class: Marxist explanations (continued)
• Explanations for differences in educational achievement and experience based on ethnicity: Institutional racism
• Explanations for differences in educational achievement and experience based on ethnicity: Ethnocentric curriculum
• Explanations for differences in educational achievement and experience based on ethnicity: Role models
• Explanations for differences in educational achievement and experience based on ethnicity: Linguistic factors
• Explanations for differences in educational achievement and experience based on ethnicity: Cultural, material and social factors
• Explanations for differences in educational achievement and experience based on ethnicity: Home/community factors
• Explanations for differences in educational achievement and experience based on ethnicity: In-school factors, e.g. pro- and anti-school sub-cultures, ethnic sub-cultures
• Explanations for differences in educational achievement and experience based on ethnicity: Labelling theory
• Explanations for differences in educational achievement and experience based on gender: Differential gendered socialisation and social control
• Explanations for differences in educational achievement and experience based on gender: Teacher expectations
• Explanations for differences in educational achievement and experience based on gender: Cultural and social factors
• Explanations for differences in educational achievement and experience based on gender: Access to education
• Explanations for differences in educational achievement and experience based on gender: In-school factors, e.g. pro- and anti-school sub-cultures, gendered sub-cultures
• Explanations for differences in educational achievement and experience based on gender: Labelling theory
• Explanations for differences in educational achievement and experience based on gender: Feminist explanations, e.g. patriarchy
• Global differences in educational achievement and experience: Reasons for differential achievement and experience in different countries, e.g.: availability of schools; poverty/wealth; access to education for girls; class sizes; norms, values and cultural differences; access to the internet / digital resources
• Strengths and limitations of the different explanations for differences in educational achievement and experience: Social class
• Strengths and limitations of the different explanations for differences in educational achievement and experience: Ethnicity
• Strengths and limitations of the different explanations for differences in educational achievement and experience: Gender
• Strengths and limitations of the different explanations for differences in educational achievement and experience: Global differences