Cultural deprivation

Subdecks (1)

Cards (16)

  • Goodman and Gregg found parental involvement had the most impact on child's educational achievement
  • 3. Douglas found th w/c parents place less value on their child’s education
  • 3. Parenting Style
    • Higher qualifications lead to higher expectations and discipline, supporting success
    • Lower qualifications lead to 'do as your told' preventing child's self-control and independence
  • 3. Parents' educational behaviours
    • Reading to their children
    • Teaching them letters, numbers, songs, poems, and nursery rhymes
    • Painting and drawing
    • Helping with homework
    • Being actively involved in their schooling
  • 3. Use of income:
    Bernstein and Young found middle-class parents buy more educational toys, books and educational activities
  • 3. Feinstein notes parental education has an influence on child's education in its own right regardless of class or income, explaining variance within social classes
    1. Language
    • Hubbs-tait at al: Middle-class parents use language to challenge their child's understanding, improving cognitive performance
    • Feinstein: Working-class parents use simpler, descriptive language, failing to prepare children for educational demands
    1. Speech Codes (Bernstein)

    • Elaborative - more complex, implicit vocabulary used by teachers
    • Restricted - simple, descriptive vocabulary, gestures
  • 3. Feinstein shows that educated parents make a positive contribution to their child's education regardless of income, through cultural, religious or political values
  • Cultural Deprivation
    1. Language
    2. W/c Subcultures - SUGARMAN
    3. Parental Education
    AO3: Evaluation
  • 2. W/c Subcultures

    Sugarman found that w/c subcultures have different attitudes to m/c:
    1. Fatalism
    2. Collectivism
    3. Immediate Gratification
    4. Present time orientation
    He found that these values were passed down from parents and means that w/c are more likely to leave school and get a job with little career progression - stay working class.