2.2.1 Experiences of class discrimination
The income of the parents and wealth is seen as the means to explain student’s success and failure in class. Traditionally, the education system looked at social class as an access to opportunity or resources. In addition to this, social class is also the beliefs, values, norms and the processes that work in and out of the school that …show more content…
Repeatedly, various researchers and scholars (Anyon, 2005; Anyon, 1980; Berliner, D. C., 2013; Hill, 1999; Rodriguez & Fabionar, 2010) have reported that the presence of classism in schools is simply an indication of and a reproductive instrument of oppression. D. C. Berliner (2013) reported on the continued downturn in education related to the social class of the child. His work revealed that social class is not only influencing student achievement, but the outcome of social-class influence on engagement is reinforcing and reproducing a stratified society. Aleman Jr. (2007) acknowledged that the inequities in access to education have continued to marginalize, labeled certain groups of students in school. Fine (1991) from his work pointed out that mere symbols or indicators that may call attention to a particular social class were enough to relegate a student to a separate track (American Psychological Association, 2013; Anyon, 2005; Dearing, Kreider, & Weiss, 2010; Jones,