External Factors Flashcards
Three aspects of cultural deprivation
- Intellectual and linguistic skills
- Attitudes and values
- Family structure and parental support
Intellectual and linguistic skills - Bereiter and Engelmann
Black American families speak a language to help for educational success
Intellectual and linguistic skills - Gillborn and Mirza
Indian pupils do very well even through English is not their home language
Attitudes and Values
Parents helping with revision, homework and dropping them to school
Family structure and Parental support - Daniel Moynihan
Because many black families are headed by a lone mother, their children are deprived of adequate care. She has to struggle financially in the absence of the male breadwinner
Family structure and parental support - Charles Murray
A high rate of lone parenthood and lack of positive male role models lead to the underachievement of some minorities
Family structure and Parental support - Roger Scruton
Low achievement levels of some ethnic minorities as resulting from a failure to embrace mainstream British culture
Family structure and Parental support - Ken Pryce
The underachievement of black Caribbean pupils in Britain is due to family structure. Asian pupils are successful because of parental support
Asian Families - Ruth Lupton
Adult authority in Asian families is similar to the model that operates in schools. Respectful behaviour was expected from children.
Criticisms Of Cultural Deprivation Theory - Geoffrey Driver
Cultural deprivation theory for ignoring the positive effects of ethnicity on achievement.
Criticisms Of Cultural Deprivation Theory - Errol Lawrence
Black pupils fail because their culture is weak and they lack self esteem. Black pupils underachieve not because of low self esteem, but because of racism
