education ethnicity Flashcards
who are the highest achieving groups
Chinese and Indians asian pupils.
more likely to achieve five or more GCSE grades A* to C better AS results and A level results, stay in ed and largest ethnic groups within uni including white british
who are the lowest achieving groups
Black caribbean, pakistani, bangladeshi andGypsy/Roma and irish traveller lower levels of attainment than all other ethnic groups
material deprivation
lacking basic nessecties due to poverty
cultural deprivation
inadequate socialisation in the home.
list the reasons for external ethnic differences in achievement
- material deprivation
- cultural depriavtion
- racism in wider society
list the internal reasons for ethnic differences in achievement
- teacher labelling and racism
- pupils response to labels and subculture
- ethnocentric curriculum (and schooling)
- educationl triage and marketisation
evaluation of inside school factors
- HEATON & LAWSON 1996
claim racism in schools cannot be a complete explanation.
Indian & Chinese students expeicne racism yet perform well
& number of schools have adopted multicultural or anti-racism policies to reduce rasim inside school - SEWELL
recognises that teacher stereotyping can lead to SFP
but argues external factors - role of peer groups, lack of father figure
are more important in producing underachievement.
evaluation of outside school factors
- REDUCTIONIST
too readily blames ppl for own educational failure (victim blame)
cause of educational under a
seen as result of deprived culture
when schools may be to blame - DETERMINISTIC
assume most black/ Bangladeshi/ Pakistani
households suffer from deprivation
& will inevitably be passed on
many indivudals may use their deprivation as a motivator to succeed.
what did FLAherty say abt material dep
ethnic minority households have lower income that other ethnic households TF more likely to experience material depriavtion
list all the material deprivation stats
-almost 1/2 of all ethnic M children live in low income house holds
- unemployment is 3x higher for African & Bangledeshi/pakistani than whites
-15% of ethnic minorities live in households with overcrowded conditions compared to 2% of whites
-cultural factors sometimes prevent women from working - effects income
-lack of language skills n foreign qualifications not being valued by UK employees & racial discrimination = no choice but to take low paying jobs.
who has economic capital according to PLATT 2011
Highest hr rates of pay in full time male work were found in CHINESE AND INDIAN ethic groups
=have more money for tutor, equipment, private schools = better achievement
what did archer and francis find in attitudes and values in Chinese homes
parental attitudes placed exceptionally high value on education = British Chinese pupils more successful than any other ethnic group
attitudes and values
argues: some ethnic homes somehow deficient as often encourage immediate gratification.
what are black and working class white socialised into
subcultures that instil fatalistic live for today attitude
RESPONSE TO LABELS FULLER
fuller - black girls
found evidence of negatively stereotyping y11 black girls.
BUT found little evidence of SFP effect.
‘non-conformist’ girls rejected the labelling and used it as a motivator to achieve educational success.
