Cultural Deprivation

Question 1

3 main aspects of cultural deprivation

Answer 1

Language, parents education and WC subculture

Question 2

Name the two speech codes (Bernstein)

Answer 2

Resticted

Elaborate

Question 3

What did Hubbs Tait et al find out about language?

Answer 3

When parents use language that challenges children to evaluate, cognitive performance improves

Question 4

What did Fernstein find out about more educated parents?

Answer 4

They are more likely to challenge their children to evaluate

Question 5

What did Douglas find out about WC parents’ attitudes towards their children’s educations?

Answer 5

WC parents place less value on education so they are less ambitious for their children. This means that they are not as interested in it

Question 6

Sugarman’s 4 features of WC subcukture that acts as a barrier to educational achievement

Answer 6

Fatalism, collectivism, immediate gratification and present time orientation

Question 7

Example of compensatory education

Answer 7

Sure start

Question 8

Keddie criticism

Answer 8

This theiry is victim blaming. WC students fail because they are in an education system dominated by MC values

Question 9

Blackstone and Mortimore criticism

Answer 9

WC parents are interested in their children’s education, they just work longer, more irregular hours which prevents them from going to parents evening