EDUCATION: Ethnicity and education - Internal factors (Institutional racism - Ethnocentric curriculum + marketisation & segregation) )

Question 1

How is the ethnocentric curriculum institutional racism

Answer 1

Because it builds a racial bias into the everyday workings of schools and colleges

Question 2

Ethnocentric curriculum

• Language, lit and music
• Tronya + Williams
• David

Answer 2

TRONYA + WILLIAMS: There is a meagre provision of teaching Asian languages compared to European
DAVID: The national curriculum is a ‘specifically British’ one, ignoring non-European language, literature and music

Question 3

Ethnocentric curriculum

• History
• Ball, give an example

Answer 3

BALL: Criticises the promoting of ‘little Englandism’

- E.G. the history curriculum recreates a mythical age of empire and past glories, ignoring black and Asian history

Question 4

Ethnocentric curriculum
- Coard - how does the E.C lead to underachievement
Criticism

• Stone

Answer 4

COARD: The E.C may undermine Ethnic Minorities self-esteem and lead to failure - like Britains colonisation or slavery of black people
Criticism: yet, Indian and Chinese achievement is above national average

STONE: Black children do not actually suffer from low esteem.

Question 5

Marketisation and segregation
Gillborn
- How does marketisation cause institutional racism

Answer 5

GILLBORN: Marketisation = allowing selection = allowing negative stereotypes to influence entry decisions

Question 6

Marketisation and segregation
Moore and Davenport
- How do they support Gillborn
- What is an example they use in which a school disadvantages ethnic minority pupils

Answer 6

MOORE + DAVENPORT: Research showed how selection procedures led to ethnic minority pupils failing to get into a higher secondary school because of discrimination
- E.G primary school reports were used to screen out pupils with language difficulties while the application process as difficult for non-English speakers to understand.

Question 7

Marketisation and segregation
- Racism in school admission procedures mans ethnic minority children are likely to end up in unpopular schools
Why is this?

Answer 7

• Primary schools stereotype minority pupils
• Racist bias in interviews for school places
• Lack of information and lack of forms in ethnic minority languages
• Parents unaware of how the waiting list system work and the importance of deadlines