Cultural deprivation theory and education
- Created by: Nadia Morgaine Ullrich
- Created on: 14-10-13 10:21
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- Cultural deprivation theory
- this is a home based factor which can influence a childs educational success
- It suggests that working class children fail because of the cultural values into which they have been socialised.
- A fatalistic attitude
- a need for immediate rather than deferred gratification
- boys like thrills and excitement which can get them into trouble
- there is little value put on education by their parents
- there is an absence of role models in their family and their community
- Shropshire and Middleton (1999) suggested that children become aware of their familys financial probelms at a young age and scale down their hopes and aspirations for the future
- they are then more likely to want jobs requiring fewer qualifications and less likely to aspire a professional career.
- a criticism is that differences between middle class and working class do not necessarily show that the latter indicates deprivation
- this assumption that aspects of the working class are negative is made by middle class academics and researchers.
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