DEA: Ethnicity evidence

Question 1

Child Poverty Action Group

Answer 1

73% pakistani/bangladeshi live on/below poverty line
afro-caribbean single parent families

Question 2

Strand

Answer 2

indian/chinese parents have high aspirations for children in education, emphasis on self improvement

Question 3

Chua

Answer 3

describes chinese parents as “tiger parents”

Question 4

Murray

Answer 4

male afro-caribbean underachievement due to lack of male role model

Question 5

Driver & Ballard

Answer 5

more difficult when english is not first language at home

Question 6

Sewell

Answer 6

black masculinties and pupil response: cultural resistance

Question 7

Gillborn & Youdell

Answer 7

teacher racism and labelling, particularly with punishment

Question 8

Wright

Answer 8

teacher racism and labelling in primary school

Question 9

Mitsos

Answer 9

education expects black children to fail, causing self-fulfilling prophecy
cultural resistance as a response

Question 10

Ofsted Report 2000

Answer 10

black students treated more harshly and have lower expectations

Question 11

Fuller

Answer 11

AO3 to cultural resistance, black girls and pro school subculture

Question 12

Swann Report

Answer 12

institutional racism through a ethnocentric curriculum

Question 13

Gillborn & Mizra

Answer 13

institutional racism through the hidden curriculum

• over focus on white british culture
• textbooks focus on white achievement
• lack of ethnic minority role models

Question 14

Michael Gove

Answer 14

only british writers in english lit GCSE, evidence for ethnocentric

Question 15

73% pakistani/bangladeshi live on/below poverty line
afro-caribbean single parent families

Answer 15

Child Poverty Action Group

Question 16

indian/chinese parents have high aspirations for children in education, emphasis on self improvement

Answer 16

Strand

Question 17

describes chinese parents as “tiger parents”

Answer 17

Chua

Question 18

male afro-caribbean underachievement due to lack of male role model

Answer 18

Murray

Question 19

more difficult when english is not first language at home

Answer 19

Driver & Ballard

Question 20

black masculinties and pupil response: cultural resistance

Answer 20

Sewell

Question 21

teacher racism and labelling, particularly with punishment

Answer 21

Gillborn & Youdell

Question 22

teacher racism and labelling in primary school

Answer 22

Wright

Question 23

education expects black children to fail, causing self-fulfilling prophecy
cultural resistance as a response

Answer 23

Mitsos

Question 24

black students treated more harshly and have lower expectations

Answer 24

Ofsted Report 2000

Question 25

AO3 to cultural resistance, black girls and pro school subculture

Answer 25

Fuller

Question 26

institutional racism through a ethnocentric curriculum

Answer 26

Swann Report

Question 27

institutional racism through the hidden curriculum

• over focus on white british culture
• textbooks focus on white achievement
• lack of ethnic minority role models

Answer 27

Gillborn & Mizra

Question 28

only british writers in english lit GCSE, evidence for ethnocentric

Answer 28

Michael Gove