cultural factors

Question 1

modood

Answer 1

• many ethnic minority parents face language barriers shwing that this can have a negative impact on their childrens educational attainment (e.g. cant support their children with their homework)
• modood also found that:
• 3/5 of bangladeshi women did not speak english
• half pakistani women did not speak english
• 1/5 of pakistani and bangladeshi men did not speak english
• as a result this impacts educational attainment

Question 2

sewell

Answer 2

• blames the culture of the black caribbean boys due to being from matriarchal backgrounds
• hyper-masculinity
• as a result of their upbringing and matriarchal backgrounds they are generally financially deprived

Question 3

driver and ballard

Answer 3

• argues that british-indian families place a greater value on their children education
• they push their children to have high ambitions and to gainthe best possible grades
• this is reflected in the achievement of indian pupils who do better than black and white groups on average at gcse and this may lead them into certain types of careers

Question 4

archer and francis

Answer 4

• cultural factors are important in explaining the success of british-chinese students
• identidied that educational success is part of their identity
• when boys engage in laddish behaviour they still maintain a commitment to shool
• parents took a stronger role in developig their academic success
• they continually talked to their children about their future education and invested time and money in supporting their children even when they had little money to spare
• parents were happy to push their children and were critical f white british parents who were seen as allowing failure to develop
• therefore, british chinese students in poverty do better than other groups in poverty

Question 5

bolognani

Answer 5

• ‘myth of return’ and states that some ethnic groups are attached to their country of origin and may one day return there
• This perception has increased with the rise in islamophobia within schools
• found that students with family in pakistan are likely to take longer holidays are religious commitments result in extra time out of school which leads to gaps in learning
• this leads to 2 issues: students missing course content, but also. teachers potentially presuming that they are not fully ocused on their educational attainment

Question 6

hendessi

Answer 6

• poverty is the key factor to educational underachievemnt for bangladeshi and pakistani students
• family and cultural norms and values are also important, especially for girls