DEA Flashcards

Question

DEA: ETHNICITY - EXTERNAL Parental attitude as an aspect of ethnicity

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Vincent et al: - black m/c parents were particularly concerned + invested in children’s schooling > children work harder to meet prenatal standards + achieve higher

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- 2x as many white students achieving A-C as black students > due to tiered exams (foundation/higher) > created educational triage where students are categorised based on how they are expected to achieve > disparities were due to racialised expectations

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- Asian children excluded from class discussions due to assumption of poor language skills - Asian girls disregarded by teachers + and would express open disapproval of culture - black Caribbean students expected to be badly behaved + revived more severe punishments

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- racist teachers labelled black girls discouraging them from being ambitious > selective + avoidant to teachers > restricted opportunities and school experience

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Discrimination that is built into the way institutions such as schools and colleges operate

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Gives priority to the culture and viewpoint of one ethic group disregarding other ethnicities experiences ( focuses on white bristling culture )

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- meagre teaching of European languages in schools > however Chinese and Indian pupils are still highest performing > students from other ethic backgrounds are at a disadvantage

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- history ignores ethic experience > recreates a mythical age of empire and past glories, celebrating British colonialism while ignoring the history of African and Asian countries

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Schools getting to select pupils based on certain factors

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- marketisation of education means schools are more selective, putting ethic minority pupils at a disadvantage > application forms only in English, racist bias in interviews > these pupils are forced to go to lower achieving schools

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Wilkinson: Feminist ideas were widely spread in the media in the 1990s, encouraging women to have careers Increase in women’s rights due to changes in law > more economic + employment opportunities for women > girls have more to work towards in schools

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In 16-19 education, female students achieved around a grade and a half more highly than male students in 2023

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Increase in lone parent families, dual career families > increase in working mums > positive role models for daughters

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Beck- westernised society became increasingly individualised and female aspirations became more self interested and having less reliance on men Sue Sharp - girls no longer prioritise traditional pathways such as marriage and motherhood > prioritise education + careers Francis Skelton - majority of school girls see a career as the most important influence in their future

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Edward’s and David: Primary socialisation encourages boys to be boisterous + attention seeking leading them to be loud + lack concentration in classrooms

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Mac an Ghail : Globalisation has led to a crisis of masculinity in working class boys as they are unlikely to occupy traditional breadwinner roles due to a decline in industrial jobs > w/c boys in particular have a negative view of education, seeing qualifications as irrelevant

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Gorard found that the gender gap increased sharply in the year 1989 when GCSE exams were introduced bringing coursework as a major part of subjects And states that the gender gap is a “product of the changed system of assessment” Mitsos and Browne support this view stating girls are more successful at coursework because side they are more organised and better at meeting deadlines

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Increase in the number of female teachers and headteachers > act as role models for girls showing them women can achieve positions of importance and giving them a non traditional role to aim for

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Creates social solidarity + value consensus (through teaching of shared norms, values + culture of society) > eg teaching of a countries history instilled a shared heritage + culture

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Conflict theories > doesn’t instil shared values of society only transmit ruling class / gender ideology View students as passive puppets who lack the free will to reject what they are taught

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School is a focal socialising agency which bridges the gap between the family and wider society teaching universalistic standards of a meritocratic society (rather than the particularistic values taught within the family) > preparing children for wider society where everyone is judged on the same Universal impersonal standards (eg the law is applied equally to everyone)

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Based on meritocracy > Marxists believe meritocracy is a myth as those with ascribed status in society have the power to deviate from social standards and avoid punishment

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Inequality in education (setting, streaming) is necessary for role allocation as