DEA: ETHNICITY (EXTERNAL) Flashcards
Cultural Deprivation: Language/Class
Poverty rates are higher in EM. Leads to restricted code. Restricted code is mistaken for inability which leads to lower expectations and this leads to a self fulfilling prophecy as labelled as inable.
Cultural Deprivation: Language/EAL
EM may have English as an additional language. This can lead to difficulties in communication with the teacher for better understanding of something or that the ES is based around complex English and it is a disadvantage if these students don’t understand as well.
EVALUATION: SWAN REPORT AND DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION
SWANN- Found that majority of people find language differences make little impact on EA.
DofE- Any impact of language declines as children get older.
Cultural Deprivation: Family and Support/SPF
MURRAY (1984) African Carribean families are more likely to live in SPF. Supported by Sky News Study- 57% of black Caribbean and 44% of black African families were lone parents.
Means there is a lack of male role models which has caused children to not be socialised correctly.
DRIVER AND BOLLARD say that Asian families have a ‘pro school attitude’ which means that they will excel in education as they have been socialised with motivation to succeed.
Cultural Deprivation: Family and Support/Attitude
SWANN AND PILKINTON found that some students from EM get more parental support than others. Eg. Asian families have high expectation and involvement with their child’s success.
EVALUATION: KEDDIE
It’s wrong to blame cultural differences as the reason that EM are seen to underachieve. This is victim blaming.
Material Deprivation: FLAHERTY
FLAHERTY says that EMs are more likely than white people to live in low income households and are more likely to be in the WC sector.
Fact: Pakistani+Bangladeshi poverty
3x more likely to be in the poorest 5th of the population.
Fact: African+Pakistani+Bangladeshi unemployment
3x more likely to be unemployed.
Fact: Pakistani semi skilled jobs
2x more likely to be in semi skilled jobs.
Racism in society: Labelling
MASON (1995) Discrimination is a continuous and persistent feature of the experience of Britain’s citizens of minority ethnic origin
Racism in society: Marginalisation
REX (1986) Racism leads to social exclusion and accordingly poverty. This is shown in housing, employment and education. Racism is inside and outside of the classroom
Racism in society: Poverty
NOON (1993) Sent identical letters to top 100 UK companies but changed ‘Evans’ and ‘Patel’ each time and the replies to the white candidate were more helpful and informative
