Teaching and learning about class as a tool for change

这项研究将考察社会经济背景较低的年轻人正在经历迅速扩大的财富差距的方式。英国各地的成绩差距正在扩大，因为数十年的紧缩意味着整个教育部门的资金被削减，较贫穷的地区受到的影响最大（Black等人，2019）。截至2022年12月7日，保守党政府废除了《学校法案》，该法案旨在提高英国各地的教育水平。在此之前，英国教育体系经历了十年的紧缩（Shaw 2019）。先前的文献表明，社会经济背景较低的孩子觉得教育空间不“适合”他们（Archer et al . 2007），并表明工人阶级学生与中产阶级学生之间存在显著的成就差距（Hunt et al . 2022）。在生活成本危机的背景下废除“学校法案”表明，支持贫困背景的年轻人在教育上取得成功的政策条款很少。

This research will examine the ways that young people from lower socio-economic backgrounds are experiencing rapidly increasing wealth disparities. Attainment gaps across the UK are increasing, as decades of austerity has meant that funding has been cut across the education sector, with poorer areas being most affected (Black et al 2019). As of December 7th, 2022, The Conservative government have scrapped The Schools Bill, which was intended to increase education standards across the UK. This follows a decade of austerity in the UK education system (Shaw 2019). Previous literature suggests that children from lower socio-economic backgrounds feel as though educational spaces are not 'for' them (Archer et al 2007), as well as demonstrating that there is a significant attainment gap between working class pupils and their middle-class counterparts (Hunt et al 2022). The scrapping of 'The Schools Bill' within the context of a cost-of-living crisis is indicative of the little policy provisions in place to support young people from poorer backgrounds to succeed in education.