Differential education achievement - ethnicity Flashcards
What proportion of students had the highest proportion of pupils gaining 5 or more GCSE’s at grades A*-C?
Chinese
80% girls
70% boys
Black
60%
What does MODOOD argue about ethnic minority pupils?
Have higher levels of cultural capital despite being from W/C backgrounds.
Parents place high value on educational success
Have knowledge and understanding of education to help their children succeed.
What was STRAND’S study on ethnicity and achievement in secondary education?
Indian= more progress Afro-Caribbean= fell behind
Indian: cultural & material
High aspirations, low truancy level, good resource provision
Afro-Caribbean: material
High poverty, living in poor accommodation, attending deprived schools
What did HARALMOUS & HOLBOURN say about social class and ethnicity?
Class differences when comparing pupils eligible for free school meals and those who are not.
Greater among white British pupils than other ethnic groups
Ethnicity leads to pupils missing meals.
What did SEWELL say about family life, masculinity and achievement?
Claims factors outside school explain low achievement of many Afro-Caribbean boys
High proportion raised in lone parent families, lack of positive adult role model
More likely drawn into gangs- compensating for sense of rejection by fathers
What is institutional racism?
The collective failure of an organization to provide an appropriate and professional service to people because of their colour, culture, or ethnic origin.
What reasons did COARD give for systematic racism in schools?
- Teachers having low expectations of black pupils
- Curriculum ignores black history and culture
- Schools tolerate casual racism in playground
What did GILBORN ET AL. say about rationing education?
Found educational triage where extra help given to white borderline passers.
Behaviour of black pupils often misinterpreted as threatening.
Who argues that the ethnocentric curriculum is evidence of institutional racism in education?
Coard
Who said that black people who do badly at school do so because they are socially deprived?
Douglas
Who found that teachers racialize expectations of pupils?
Gillbourn and Youdell
Who argues that black boys underachieve due to lack of male role model at home?
Murray
