Ethic differences in achievement

Question 1

what are the 3 main external reasons for ed em diff in achievement

Answer 1

1 .cultural deprivation
2. material deprivation 3. class racism in wider society

Question 2

How can intellectual and linguistic skills play a part in educational success

Answer 2

Lack of them is a major cause if under achievement for many minority children

Question 3

Which minority is particularly at risk of lack of intellectual stimulation

Answer 3

Black children and means they’re poorly equipped for school

Question 4

How do sociologists view black language

Answer 4

Ungrammatical

Disjointed

Question 5

How can not speaking English effect ed success

Answer 5

Official stats show its q major factor

Children are held back

Question 6

How do cd theorists see black culture

Answer 6

Lack of motivation

Socialised with live for today morals so are unequipped for success

Question 7

How does the Asian family help with education

Answer 7

Benefit from a present father

Have the “Asian work ethic”

Question 8

Criticisms of the cd theory

Answer 8

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

Question 9

explain mat deprivation and class

Answer 9

e.g. half of em families come from low income fam as opposed to quarter of white families
3x more likley to be homeless

Question 10

Does class override ethnicity

Answer 10

Even Indian and Chinese who are materially deprived do better than most which suggests it doesn’t

Question 11

Which ethnicites are often labelled by teachers

Answer 11

Black and Asian

Question 12

Which sociologist looked into teachers disciplining black pupils

Answer 12

Gillborn and Youdel

Question 13

What did Gillborn and Youdell discover

Answer 13

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

Question 14

What stream are black pupils likely to be in

Answer 14

Low

Question 15

How do teachers label Asians

Answer 15

Presumed to have a poor grasp of English
Used childish language towards them
Felt isolated when names mispronounced

Question 16

Who describes 3 types of pupil identities

Answer 16

Archer

Question 17

What does archer say about 3 pupil types

Answer 17

Ideal pupil 
- white 
- middle class 
- normal sexuality 
Pathologised pupil 
- Asian 
Demonised 
- black/white wc/hyper sexual

Question 18

Who discovered the unusual group of black girls

Answer 18

Fuller and Mac and ghaill

Question 19

What did fuller and mac and ghaill discover

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Who describes failed strategies for avoiding racism

Answer 20

Who describes failed strategies for avoiding racism

Question 21

What does Mirza say

Answer 21

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

Question 22

Swells four responses

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Explain ethnicity of curriculum

Answer 23

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

Question 24

What do tronya and Williams argue

Answer 24

To understand racism you must go buy one individual teacher racism and distinguish between
Individual racism
Institutional racism

Question 25

What did Connolly argue

Answer 25

How teachers constructed males masculinity differently depending on their gender e.g. Asians passive

Question 26

What is the ‘assessment game’

Answer 26

Gill born
New way of assessing disadvantages em
Now measured by the FSP overnight black pupils doing worse when they had been the highest achievers before
Says because it’s based on teachers judgements
Also done at the END of primary school whereas old test was done at beginning