Cultural Deprivation Flashcards
Why is language seen as essential to education?
As the way parents communicate with their children affects their cognitive development and their ability to benefit from schooling
What did Hubbs-Tait et al find?
Where parents use language that challenges kids understanding, cognitive performance improves
Eg. What do you think?
What did Feinstein find?
That educated parents are more likely to use praise and challenging language
What did Bereiter and Engelmann claim?
That language used in lower class homes is deficient
Use gestures, single words or disjointed phrases
What speech code do the working class use?
The restricted code
What speech code do the middle class use?
The elaborated code
Features of the restricted code?
Limited vocabulary
Uses short, unfinished, grammatically
simple sentences
Gestures rather than words
Context bound - assumes listener shares same experiences
Features of the elaborated code?
Wider vocabulary
More complex sentences
Speech is varied, communicating abstract ideas
Context free - doesn’t assume listener shares same experiences
What is fatalism?
What does the middle class believe?
A belief in fate- whatever will be will be and there’s nothing you can do to change your status
That you can change your position through your own efforts
What is collectivism?
What do the middle class believe?
Valuing being part of a group more than succeeding as an individual
Individuals should not be held back by group loyalties
What is immediate gratification?
What do the middle class believe?
Seeking pleasure now rather than making sacrifices in order to get rewards in the future
Emphasise deferred gratification- making sacrifices now for greater rewards later
What is present time orientation?
What do the middle class believe?
Seeing the present as more important than the future and so not having long term plans/goals
Have future-time orientation that sees planning for the future as important
