Explain Essay Question

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Explain Essay Question

• varying factors influence L/L practices
• in home and communities
• how they vary
• Implications for schooling

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Introduction

• Social class
• early socialization
• Ethnicity
• impact on L/L practices
• in home, communities and schools
• Implications for schooling

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1st, 2nd, 3rd body paragraphs

• Research into social class
• Basil Bernsteins
• Restricted and elaborate codes.

• Impact of these differences
• what language develops
• Heaths argument using 3 communities
• How this impacts on students outcomes

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4th, 5th, 6th body paragraphs

• Identify ethnicity as an influencing factor on
  L/L
• Explain some the varying ways ethnicity
  contributes to differences

• How these differences are played out in
  classrooms

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Implications for schooling

• Explanation of how the differences should not be
  seen as a lack of ability
• differences are equal in merit
• Vygotskys solution
• Students need an equal chance at achieving
  success

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Conclusion

• The research has uncovered differences due to
  social class and ethnicity
• Impact and outcomes these differences
• Implications must be considered within
  educational institutions