Ethnic DEA

Question 1

name 4 external factors for ethnic dea

Answer 1

• family support
• language
• poverty
• racism in wider society

Question 2

name at least 4 internal factors for ethnic dea

Answer 2

• teacher labelling
• pupil subcultures
• ethnocentric curriculum
• marketisation and segregation
• assessment
• access to opportunites

Question 3

what is the lowest achieving ethnic group? give one reason as to why

Answer 3

gypsy/roma - their culture doesn’t value education, so their attendance is very low

8.1% passed English and Maths

Question 4

what are the top 3 achieving ethnicities?

Answer 4

Chinese - 79.6%
Indian - 70.4%
Bangladeshi - 57.3%

these cultures place high value on education

Question 5

what % of black students thought racism was the biggest barrier to success?

Answer 5

49%

Question 6

what does the ethnocentric curriculum mean?

Answer 6

one culture being prioritised while disregarding others.

eg. the British education system emphasises European languages and British culture

Question 7

what is institutional racism?

Answer 7

the idea that schools are naturally racist and discriminatory

Question 8

what is marketisation?

Answer 8

the idea that schools are run as businesses that attract customers by competing with each other

Question 9

allows schools to..

what problem does marketisation about?

Answer 9

allows schools to have their decisions about students influenced by negative stereotypes

Question 10

what is meant by ‘assessment game’?

Answer 10

the way in which assessments are rigged to validate the dominant culture’s superiority

if black pupils succeed, rules are changed to re-engineer their failure

Question 11

what problems are there with access to opportunites?

Answer 11

‘gifted and talented programme’ but white ppl were 2x more likely than Black Caribbeans and 5x more likely than Black Africans to be labelled as ‘gifted and talented’

Question 12

what is meant by ‘new IQism’?

Answer 12

teachers and policy makers making false assumptions on pupil’s ability and potential based on race

teachers have ‘racialised expectations’ that black students have more behavioural problems and worse ability in school

Question 13

what 2 external factors are considered cultural deprivation?

Answer 13

• family support
• language

Question 14

what 2 external factors are considered material deprivation

Answer 14

• poverty
• racism in society

Question 15

how does family support influence someone’s attainment?

Answer 15

many children in black families are inadequately socialised as they often have a single parent

Question 16

how does language impact ethnic attainment?

Answer 16

low income black families lack intellectual stimulation and enriching experiences, leaving them poorly equipped for school

Question 17

how does poverty impact ethnic attainment?

Answer 17

unable to buy things needed for school - have unfashionable things leading to bullying and isolation.
poor housing leading to more illnesses and missing more school

Question 18

how does racism impact ethnic attainment?

Answer 18

discrimination in housing, minorities forced into bad areas and houses, more likely to fall into deviance or be ill and miss school