Ethnic Differences in Achievement Flashcards
WHAT ARE THE MAIN EXTERNAL FACTORS
- Cultural Deprivation
- Material Deprivation and Class
- Racism in Wider Society
WHAT DID WOOD ET AL DO TO TEST RACISM IN WIDER SOCIETY
- They sent out 1000 job applications.
- He used fictions names associated with different ethnic groups
- He found only 16 ethnic minority applications were offered an interview
- Compared to 1 in 9 white applications
AT LEAST 2 REASONS WHY ETHNIC MINORITIES ARE AT A GREATER RISK OF MATERIAL DEP
- High unemployment and low wage rates
- Lack of language skills and foreign qualifications aren’t being recognised by UK employers
- Asylum seekers may not be allowed to work
WHAT ARE THE MAIN INTERNAL FACTORS
- Teacher Labelling and Racism
- Pupil Identities
- Pupil Responses and Subcultures
THE 5 POINTS IN CULTURAL DEPRIVATION
- Intellectual and Linguistic Skills
- Attitudes and Values
- Family Structure and Parental Support
- Sewell- fathers, gangs and cultures
- Family structures of other ethnic groups e.g asian and white working class
WHAT DID MIRZA SAY WERE THE 3 TYPES OF TEACHER RACISM
- The Colour Blind
- The Liberal Chauvinists
- The Overt Racists
WHAT IS THE COLOUR BLIND TEACHER
who believe all pupils are equal but allow racism to go unchallenged
WHAT IS THE LIBERAL CHAUVINISTS
Teachers who have low expectations of black pupils
WHAT ARE THE OVERT RACISTS
Teachers who believe black pupils are inferior and actively discriminate against them
ACCORDING TO ARCHER WHAT ARE THE 3 TYPES OF PUPIL IDENTITY
- The Ideal Pupil
- The Pathologized Pupil
- The Demonised Pupil
WHAT IS THE IDEA PUPIL
a white middle class identity where they achieve in the right way through natural ability
WHAT IS THE PATHOLOGIZED PUPIL
An asian quiet feminised identity where the pupil as a conformist and a cultural over achiever who achieves hard work through hard work not intelligence
WHAT IS THE DEMONISED PUPIL
A black or white working class pupil - hypersexualised, unintelligent and a peer led underachiever
