Education - Ethnicity Flashcards
Which ethnicity perfomed the best at GCSEs?
Chinese
Which ethnicity performed the worst at GCSEs?
Romas/Travellers
What did Bereiter and Engelmann conclude about low-income black American families’ speech?
They spoke in an ungrammatical, disjointed way, which meant they were unable to express abstract ideas
What to Gillborn and Mirza argue about Indian pupils?
That they do very well in education despite not having English as the main language spoken at home.
What did Platt and Parsons (2018) find out in their study?
- Studied 7-14 year olds, both white and ethnic minorities
- Found out that ethnic minorities had higher career aspirations
What did Moynihan propose?
- As many black families have a lone mother, their children are deprived of adequate care as they stuggle financially
- The absence of a male role model impacts boys
- There is a cultural deprivation cycle, wherein the children fail in education and become inadequate parents themselves
What did Driver argue?
- Criticised Moynihan for ignoring the positive effects of black family structures
- The strong independent role model inspires girls
- Argues that is why black girls outperform black boys
What does Tony Sewell believe?
(2009)
- Absent fathers lead to inadequate socialisation of young black boys
- They lack ‘tough love’
- They seek out street gangs to gain their emotional needs
What is argued as the greatest barrier to black success in schools?
Anti-educational peer pressure
What does Sewell say about Asian families?
- They have a strong work ethic
- Place high value on education
- Supportive
- Teach children to be respectul of adults, which passes onto teachers
What did McCulloch find out?
Ethnic minority children are more likely to aspire to go to university than white British pupils
What did Lupton find out about behaviour?
- Interviewed teachers in 4 different schools
- White w/c boys were the most poorly behaved
- Although, fewer white w/c boys were on FSM than ethnic minorities
- Teachers blamed their behaviour on poor parental support and negative views of education
- Meanwhile, ethnic minorities saw education as a way up in society
What did Evans (2006) argue about street culture?
- Street culture in white w/c areas is brutal
- The skills they learn go against the school system
- Intimidation and having a tough persona was important
- Lead to disruption and a higher chance of failure in school
What does Keddie say about culture?
- The education system favours white culture
- Ethnocentric
- She wishes to introduce multicultural education and anti-racist education
How many children from ethnic minority backgrounds are in low-income households?
Almost 1/2
(In comparison to 1/4 white)
What kind of areas do most ethnic minorities live in?
Economically depressed areas with high unemployment and low wage rates
What happens to asylum seekers?
They may not be allowed to work
What was Wood’s (2010) study?
- Sent 3 closely matched job applications to almost 1,000 vacancies
- 2 ethnic names, 1 white name
- 1/16 minority were offered an interview
- 1/9 white were offered an interview
What did Wood’s study conclude?
Minorities were more likely to face unemployment and low pay, which impacts their children’s educational success
