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Assess the Cultural Explanations for Working Class Performance in the Educational System
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Assess the Cultural Explanations for Working Class Performance in the Educational System Cultural deprivation is the lack of certain norms, values, attitudes and skills, which are necessary for educational success. The theory states that working class pupils lack the stimulation and encouragement needed for high attainment. It also blames their failing on their background, not on the educational system. It is a known fact that middle class pupils exceed in education and that working class pupils underachieve. This is shown in J.W.B.Douglas's findings. He found that lower working class students only got 37% of good certificated at GCE O'level; where as upper middle class students got 77%. This also links with how many students stay on at school after their fifth year. 50% of lower working class students left after their fifth year; whereas only 10% of upper middle class students left. The key sociologists in this essay are J.W.B.Douglas, Sugarmen and...
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