Material Deprivation Flashcards
(16 cards)
What is material deprivation?
The inability to afford basic resources, impacting a pupil’s educational achievement.
This includes insufficient food, heating, clothing, and educational resources.
List three impacts of material deprivation on educational achievement.
- Pupils may have to work part-time alongside studying
- Poor diet and/or hunger can lead to tiredness and difficulty concentrating
- Cramped and overcrowded housing with no quiet place to work
Who conducted research in 1995 suggesting material deprivation explains working class underachievement?
Smith and Noble
They identified ‘hidden costs’ of education that working-class households struggle to fund.
What is the ‘poverty penalty’?
A barrier to learning that prevents working-class pupils from fulfilling their potential due to financial constraints.
This includes costs that are not covered by free education.
Identify the four key barriers to success identified by Smith and Noble.
- Insufficient funds for uniforms, trips, and materials
- Ill health leading to absences
- Poor home environment
- Marketisation leading to concentration in underperforming schools
How does poor housing affect children’s education?
- Lack of quiet space to study
- Frequent moving disrupting education
- Health issues affecting attendance
What did Marilyn Howard (2001) focus on in her study related to material deprivation?
The poor diets of working-class children lacking vital vitamins and nutrients.
She found that many children attended school without breakfast.
What percentage of children in the UK were experiencing food poverty in 2022?
Around 12%
Food poverty is defined as families unable to acquire adequate quality or sufficient quantity of food.
True or False: Maintenance grants for students from low-income families were abolished in 2015.
True
What is the maximum amount a university can charge per year for tuition?
£9,250
What correlation did Gibson and Asthana (1999) find?
A correlation between low household income and poor educational performance.
They identified multiple ways poverty negatively affects educational outcomes. Found a correlation between low household income and poor educational performance.
1. Higher levels of sickness in poorer homes may mean more absence from school and falling behind with lessons. 2. Less able to afford ‘hidden costs’ of free state education: books and toys are not bought, and computers are not available in the home. 3. Tuition fees and loans would be a greater source of anxiety to those from poorer backgrounds. 4. Poorer parents are less likely to have access to pre-school or nursery facilities. 5. Young people from poorer families are more likely to have part-time jobs, such as paper rounds, baby sitting or shop work, creating a conflict between the competing demands of study and paid work.
Fill in the blank: The average amount of student debt upon completion of a course is _______.
£45,600
What impact did Covid-19 have on educational attainment according to The Sutton Trust?
Increased challenges for students from low-income families, exacerbating existing inequalities.
How do working-class students’ attitudes towards debt affect their university applications?
Working-class students are five times less likely to apply to university due to fear of debt.
What percentage of university enrolments in 2023 were students from families in routine or semi-routine occupations?
21%
What were some initiatives introduced by Tony Blair’s Labour Government to address educational inequality?
- Education Action Zones
- Excellence in Cities
- Sure Start
- Academies
