Social Class Educational Attainment Outside Factors: Cultural Deprivation

Question 1

What can Cultural Deprivation lead to for working class pupils?

Answer 1

For them to have different norms and values to middle class pupils

Question 2

What did Reay find?

Answer 2

Working class individuals receive an education which is not right for their potential

Question 3

What does Reay say the attitudes of the Education system of competitiveness done for working class pupils?

Answer 3

It has made them better believe that they will only fail in the academic route

Question 4

What does Reay argue Primary Socialisation does not do for working class pupils?

Answer 4

Does not prepare them for success in the competitive education system

Question 5

Who argued that working class parents’ lack of interest was the reason for their children not achieving as much?

Answer 5

Feinstein

Question 6

What did Feinstein believe middle class parents provided for their children?

Answer 6

The values of hard work, obedience and discipline

Question 7

Who identified 4 key working class values which differed from middle class values?

Answer 7

Sugarman

Question 8

What were the 4 differing working class values they found?

Answer 8

Fatalism, Immediate Gratification, Present time orientation, Collectivism

Question 9

What is Fatalism?

Answer 9

The belief that you cannot change the situation you are in and instead just accept it

Question 10

What is Immediate Gratification?

Answer 10

Focusing on enjoying the moment instead of sacrificing current time for good times later

Question 11

What is Present Time Orientation?

Answer 11

Living in the present rather than planning for the future

Question 12

What is Collectivism?

Answer 12

The belief that being part of a group is more important than being an individual

Question 13

What did Bernstein identify?

Answer 13

Two codes of speech

Question 14

What were the two speech codes that Bernstein identified?

Answer 14

Elaborated Code and Restricted Code

Question 15

What is elaborated code?

Answer 15

A more complex way of speaking

Question 16

Why is elaborated code important in Education?

Answer 16

Because this is the way that you are expected to answer exam questions

Question 17

Which social class is more likely to speak in the elaborated code?

Answer 17

Middle class

Question 18

What is restricted code?

Answer 18

Talking in less complex language

Question 19

Which social class is more likely to speak in a restricted code?

Answer 19

Working class

Question 20

How do codes of language disadvantage the working class?

Answer 20

Because they are more likely to only use a restricted code so are more prone to failure