1⃣.3⃣ Class Differences In Achievement) Material Deprivation

Question 0

Explain how poor housing is a factor that can cause working class under achievement due to material deprivation

Answer 0

⚫️over crowding or cold and damp rooms
➡️means pupil have nowhere quiet to do homework

⚫️being homeless
⚫️or temporary accommodation
➡️mean frequent moves
➡️and changes of school

Question 1

Name the factors that can cause working class under achievement due to material deprivation

Answer 1

⚫️poor housing

⚫️poor diet

⚫️low income

Question 2

Explain how poor diet is a factors that can cause working class under achievement due to material deprivation

Answer 2

⚫️can lead to illness
➡️absences from school

⚫️lack of concentration in class
➡️due to hunger

Question 3

Explain how low income is a factor that can cause working class under achievement due to material deprivation

Answer 3

⚫️lack of educational material
➡️books, PC with internet access

⚫️lack of right uniform or latest fashion item
➡️can lead to bullying

⚫️not being able to afford university fees

Question 4

Give an evaluation of materiel deprivation

Answer 4

⚫️not all poor people fail
➡️those with supportive parents
➡️may have high level of motivation

⚫️material deprivation theory ignores
⚫️factors in school
➡️teacher labelling and streaming
➡️may cause under achievement

Question 5

Explain the cultural capital theory

Answer 5

⚫️combines both cultural and material explanation

⚫️marxist such as bourdieu argue
➡️middle-class pupils more successful than working class
➡️their parents possess more capital assets
➡️capital comes in two forms:

⚫️economic capital
➡️wealth that middle class families own
⚫️cultural capital
➡️attitudes, values, skills knowledge etc of middle class

Question 6

What does educational capital mean

Answer 6

⚫️middle class use their greater economic and cultural capital
➡️to give their children an advantage
➡️by using it to obtain educational capital-qualification

⚫️their children
➡️to get middle class jobs
➡️and more economic capital 
➡️so reproducing advantages of the middle class
➡️from generation to generation

Question 7

What does bourdieu show about material factor and cultural factors

Answer 7

⚫️not separated but linked together 
➡️to produce class inequalities in achievement