EDUCATION

Question 1

What is cultural deprivation?

Answer 1

A theory in sociology where a person has inferior norms, values, skills and knowledge

Question 2

What are Speech Codes and who came up with this idea?

Answer 2

Basil Bernstein and it is the idea that middle class language gives them an avantage in education.,

Question 3

What are the four working class subcultures and who came up with them?

Answer 3

Fatalism, collectivism, immediate gratification and present time orientation - Barry Sugarman

Question 4

How does Parents’ Education affect their children’s education?

Answer 4

• Their attitude towards education can affect their child’s achievement in school.
• Goodmand and Gregg (sociologists) found that parental involvement in their child’s schooling was the single most important factor towards their achievement in education.

Question 5

How does language affect a child’s education?

Answer 5

• If they use restricted speech codes then teachers may look down on them
• Parents with higher qualifications use more complex language that challenges their child in education
• Hubbs-Tait et al found that when parents use language that challenges their children, the child’s cognitive thinking improves

Question 6

What is material deprivation?

Answer 6

Refers to poverty and a lack of material necessities such as adequate housing and income.