DEA + Ethnicity (Ex) Flashcards
What are the top 3 performing ethnicities at GCSEs?
- Chinese (78%)
- Indian
- White British (60%) + Asians
What are the 2 lowest performing ethnicities at GCSEs?
- Traveller of Irish heritage/ Gypsy (15%)
2. Black Caribbean (52%)
What mustn’t you do when talking about ethnicities?
GROUP THEM ALL TOGETHER
= DEA BETWEEN DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS
What do cultural deprivation theorists argue is a major cause of underachievement in ethnic minority children?
Lack of intellectual + linguistic skills
Many children from low-income black families lack intellectual stimulation that helps them develop before starting school
What do Bernstein + Englemann state about the language spoken by low income black families?
Language spoken by low income black families is inadequate for educational success
What are the 3 external factors that are used to exilian DEA in terms of ethnicity?
- Cultural deprivation (including linguistic skills)
- Material deprivation
- Racism in wider S
What are the 3 main aspects of cultural deprivation?
- Intellectual + linguistic skills
- Attitudes + values
- Family structure + parental support
How can an ethnicities attitudes + values effect the DEA?
Lack of motivation = main cause of underachievement in ethnic minorities
e.g. Some black children = socialised into a fatalistic attitude towards Ed
As opposed to valuing success + long term goals
How can family structure + parental support lead to DEA amongst different ethnicities?
Cultural deprivation theorist argue that failure to socialise children adequately = result of a dysfunctional family structure
Moynihan: many black families = heads by lone mothers + children= deprived of adequate care in absence of male breadwinner
Also no adequate male role model
What does Moynihan argue is the cause of many black children underachieving?
Many black families = headed by lone mother (matrifocal)
children = deprived of adequate care in absence of male breadwinner
ALSO no adequate male role model
BUT good role model for girls
Why does Lupton argue that Asians children achieve more educational success?
Adult authority in Asian families = similar to adults in school
Children have respectful attitude towards adults + discipline
Parents = more supportive of school behaviour policies
- success; school is the same structure as home
What did mc Culloch (2014) find about ethnic groups going onto university?
Ethnic minority students are more likely to go to university that White British Pupils
What are the 3 criticism of the cultural deprivation theory?
- Driver: they ignore the +ve imapcts of ethnicity (black families = matrifocal, strong female role model)
- Lawrence: Black families actually underachieve due to racism
- Keddie: cultural deprivation = victim blaming
What are Palmers 4 reasons for arguing that ethnic minority student are more likely to face material deprivation?
- 1/2 all ethnic minority children live in low income households (1/4 white children)
- = twice as likely to be unemployed than whites
- x3 as likely to be homeless
- 1/2 Bangladeshi + Pakistani workers earn under £1 per hour (only 1/4 whites)
MATERIAL DEPRIVATION = CASUED BY RACISM IN WIDER S
How can racism in wider S lead to educational underachievement?
Can lead to material deprivation + therefore can play a part in educational underachievement
