Parents education

• Working class parents place less value on the education success of their children
• As a result of working class parents placing less value on education it leads to a lack of motivation from their children and lower achievement
• Feinstein argues middle class parents tend to be better educated and were able to provide children with parenting styles and educational behaviours that benefits the children's school preformance
• Differences in working class and middle class parents include

  • Parenting Style
  • Educational Behaviour
  • Use of Income
• Parenting style for working class parents is more harsh and inconsistent discipline while middle class parents is consistent discipline with high expectations and encourage active learning
• Educational behaviour for working class parents includes a lack of awareness/ability to support education
• Educational behaviour for middle class parents included activities that support learning and are aware of what causes educational success
• Use of income for working class parents is in favour to spend elsewhere from educational tools
• Use of income from middle class parents focus on educational equipment as they have higher incomes
• Blackstone and Mortimore say working class parents don't attend parents evenings because of their long irregular shifts rather than due to a lack of interest