effect of poverty on a child's educatiion
- Created by: axiale
- Created on: 01-04-20 20:01
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- the effect of poverty on a child's education
- the different ways:
- 1.Higher levels of sickness in poorer homes may mean more absence from school and falling behind in lessons
- less able to afford books, toys and unable to access a computer at home
- poorer parents are less likely to have access to pre-school or nursery facilities
- students from poorer families are more likely to have part-time jobs e.g. paper rounds or babysitting
- lack of parental interests (Douglas)
- supporting evidence
- the introduction of tuition fees in higher education puts working class children off going to university in fear of debt
- the introduction of marketisation means that those who have more money have a greater choice of schools
- evaluation points
- Marxism: blames the working class when they are the victims of social inequality
- postmodernist: there is no longer a distinct working class today also no distinct underclass
- treats the working class culture as inferior when in fact it is just different to middle class culture
- the different ways:
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