Ethic differences in achievement Flashcards
what are the 3 main external reasons for ed em diff in achievement
1 .cultural deprivation 2. material deprivation 3. class racism in wider society
How can intellectual and linguistic skills play a part in educational success
Lack of them is a major cause if under achievement for many minority children
Which minority is particularly at risk of lack of intellectual stimulation
Black children and means they’re poorly equipped for school
How do sociologists view black language
Ungrammatical
Disjointed
How can not speaking English effect ed success
Official stats show its q major factor
Children are held back
How do cd theorists see black culture
Lack of motivation
Socialised with live for today morals so are unequipped for success
How does the Asian family help with education
Benefit from a present father
Have the “Asian work ethic”
Criticisms of the cd theory
Driver criticises for failing to notice positives of ethnicity on education
E.g lack of male in black family means girls are strong and independent arguably why black girls do better than black boys
Keddie - victim blaming
Critics dislike compensatory education as it forces white culture upon people
explain mat deprivation and class
e.g. half of em families come from low income fam as opposed to quarter of white families
3x more likley to be homeless
Does class override ethnicity
Even Indian and Chinese who are materially deprived do better than most which suggests it doesn’t
Which ethnicites are often labelled by teachers
Black and Asian
Which sociologist looked into teachers disciplining black pupils
Gillborn and Youdel
What did Gillborn and Youdell discover
Teachers were quicker to discipline black pupils
Teachers misinterpreted their behaviour as threatening and challenging their authority
Black pupils felt they were being picked up
They argue this stems from the stereotyped
What stream are black pupils likely to be in
Low
How do teachers label Asians
Presumed to have a poor grasp of English
Used childish language towards them
Felt isolated when names mispronounced
Who describes 3 types of pupil identities
Archer
What does archer say about 3 pupil types
Ideal pupil - white - middle class - normal sexuality Pathologised pupil - Asian Demonised - black/white wc/hyper sexual
Who discovered the unusual group of black girls
Fuller and Mac and ghaill
What did fuller and mac and ghaill discover
Year eleven girls in London comp school
Unusual
As overachieved in low strand
They channeled anger into educational success
They worked but gave off appearances of not doing so
Who describes failed strategies for avoiding racism
Who describes failed strategies for avoiding racism
What does Mirza say
Found racist teachers discouraged black pupils from being ambitious
Found three types of racism
Colourblind
- believed all pupils equal
- in reality allowed racism to go unchallenged
Liberal chavinists
- had low expectations
Overt racists
- blacks are inferior and discriminated against
Swells four responses
Rebels - influential group - excluded from school Conformists - largest group - keen to succeed Retreatists - tiny minority - disconnected from school and subculture - disposed by Rebels Innovators - second largest group - pro-edu but anti-school
Explain ethnicity of curriculum
Institutionalised racism Examples - language and music are all British - history - little englandism Access to opportunities - gifted and talented programme whites two times more likely to be granted g and t
What do tronya and Williams argue
To understand racism you must go buy one individual teacher racism and distinguish between
Individual racism
Institutional racism
