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Using information from the items and elsewhere, discuss the view that social class differences in educational achievement are the result of cultural factors.
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5. Using information from the items and elsewhere, discuss the view that social class differences in educational achievement are the result of cultural factors. There is no question that achievement in education depends on various factors. Sociologists argue over which factors are more important, the upbringing of the child, the cultural capital which it possesses, the social group it belongs to, the input of the school, the expectations of the teachers and many more. The picture of the working class subculture is not an attractive one. It is portrayed as a substandard version of mainstream middle class culture. Its standard deteriorates towards the lower levels of the working class, and at rock bottom it becomes the culture of poverty. From this portrayal the theory of cultural deprivation was developed, stating that the subculture of low-income groups is deprived or deficient in certain important respects and this accounts for the low educational...
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