Achievement of ethnic groups (external factors) Flashcards
What are the eternal explanations.
Language
Attitudes and values
Family structure
What do Bereiter and Engelmann say on language
They consider the language spoken to low income black American families as inadequate for educational success. They call it ungrammatical and disjoined.
How is language being a factor of ethnic underachievement criticised
The Swann report found many Asian students do not have English as a first language yet achieve higher on average as English students.
How are attitudes and values linked to ethnic underachievement?
Lack of motivation due to being socialised into a culture of ‘live for today’.
What does Moynihan believe of family structure?
That due to many black families being raised of lone mothers who are being breadwinners as well as caregivers they are deprived of socialisation.
What does Sewell say on the family structure
That the lack of positive male role models in black families causes black boys to lack discipline and join gangs giving an anti-school subculture.
What does Nell Keddie say on cultural deprivation?
CD is a myth children from an ethnic minority background cannot be deprived of their own culture being different.
What does Driver say on cultural deprivation?
That they ignore the positive impacts they can have on females.
What does verity khan say about asian families
‘stress ridden’
