External Factors - Cultural Deprivation (Sugarman and Bernstein) Flashcards
Parenting style of mc
-Consistent discipline
-High expectations
-Encourage active learning
Income spent on education for mc parents
-Spend their income in ways that promote their children’s educational success
-More likely to buy educational toys
Behaviours of mc parents
-Educated parents more aware of what is needed to assist their children’s educational progress
-Reading with children
-Helping with homework
Children of better educated parents
They tend to have children who are more successful at school
What is a subculture?
A group whose attitudes and values differ from those of the mainstream culture
According to cultural deprivation theorists, why do some working class children fail at school?
Because large sections of the working class have different goals, beliefs, attitudes and values from the rest of society
What does Barry Sugarman (1970) argue about W/C subculture?
Working-class subculture has four key features that act as a barrier to educational achievement
Working class belief in fatalism
Belief in fate (what will be, will be) and there is nothing you can do to change your status
Middle class belief in fatalism
Emphasises that you can change your position through your own efforts
Working class belief in collectivism
Valuing being part of a group more than succeeding as an individual
Middle class belief in collectivism
An individual should not be held back by group loyalties
Working class belief in immediate gratification
Seeking pleasure now rather than making sacrifices in order to get a reward
Middle class belief in immediate gratification
Values emphasis deferred gratification - making sacrifices now for greater rewards later
Working class belief in present-time orientation
Seeing the present as more important than the future - not having long-term goals
Middle class belief in future-time orientation
Sees planning for the future as important