April 29, 2018 / C H Thompson

Cultural explanations – cultural deprivation

Douglas (same chap as material explanations) also found cultural factors played an important part in a child’s attainment at school
he researched the effects of parents’ attitudes and interest in their child’s education
and noticed a difference between working and middle-class parents attitudes and interest
Douglas’ concept of cultural deprivation describes how middle-class parents, when compared to working-class parents tended to:
take greater the parental interest in a child’s education the greater the educational success
encourage their children to stay at school beyond the compulsory period
were better educated themselves and so better understood education system
more confident in dealing with schools/teachers
better able to help their child with school work

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