Cultural Deprivation - Gill Evans (2007)

Question 1

Evaluation of cultural deprivation theory linking to material deprivation

Answer 1

• unlikely to be an adequate argument when considered by itself.
• poor attitudes to learning may be a consequence of material deprivation

Question 2

Eval of cultural deprivation linking to the working-class people (2)

Answer 2

• accused of victim-blaming, as working-class people may have hopes, dreams and ambitions for success that are dashed by schools due to low teacher expectations, setting and streaming
• internal factors mag be to blame

Question 3

Describe the fieldwork Evans conducted to challenge cultural deprivation theory (3)

Answer 3

• 18 months in a working-class council estate in London
• visited parents in their homes and most did care about child’s education but did not know how to help them
• cultural dep theorists assume that working-class people lack interest, whereas they may just lack the resources to help

Question 4

Eval for Evans’ research (3)

Answer 4

• she only looked at one estate in London, not representative of all working-class families
• by spending time living with the families, Evans may have gone native and not free from bias
• social desirability effect: telling someone what they want to hear to look good