Discuss how far sociologists would agree that school factors are the most important influence on achievement?

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Discuss how far sociologists would agree that school factors are the most important influence on achievement?

Many factors influence educational achievement, school and home factors influence students to either do good or bad in school. Examples of these could be parents and how they get involved in the students education and setting classes.

First of all, some sociologist such as Marxists believe students who come from a working class background tend to do worse than students who come from a high class background; this could be because of material deprivation. This is a big influence on student’s educational achievement as they do not have enough money to buy the necessary equipment for school such as revision guides. Because of this students who do suffer from material deprivation will be at a disadvantage to other students who do have the necessary resources when it comes to tests and exams. This is a big influence on educational achievement.  

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Setting in classes can have a big influence on a student’s education. This is because if someone is put in a high set in school, it can influence them to do well and achieve up to their full potential. It could also be a bad influence as the work could be too difficult for the student so therefor it could cause the student to underachieve and be put down to a lower set, which could then make the student gain a self-fulfilling prophecy which is when a student who is in a low set thinks they are in that set ...

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