Education - External Factors In Ethnicity And Education

Question 1

Material deprivation

Answer 1

-Pakistani and Bangladesh students three times likely to be in the 1/5 poorest of the population
-Pakistani twice as likely to be in unskilled jobs compared to white peoples
-15% of them living overcrowded homes compared to 2% of whites

Question 2

Modood - MD

Answer 2

-In all ethnic groups, pupils that are eligible for FSM do worse than better of pupils

Question 3

Gillborn and Mirza- MD

Answer 3

• looked at the effects of social class and ethnic groups
  -WC students did worse than all MC students , also African Caribbean did worse than all others

Question 4

Cultural deprivation

Answer 4

-Chinese most successful
-Chinese parents place high value on education
-African Caribbean students more likely to get excluded = worse grades

Question 5

Sewell - CD

Answer 5

-High proportion of black peoples are raised in loan parent household
-This can make them be more attracted to gangs and not respect authority

Question 6

Evaluation of cultural deprivation theory

Answer 6

-Relies on generalisation
-Ignore multiculturalism

Question 7

Racism in wider society

Answer 7

• Leads to social exclusion and accordingly poverty
  -Chinese more resistant to racism -why they do better
  -racism is a persistent and ongoing feature
  -leads to negative stereotypes