ethnic differences in achievement

Question 1

what does enthicity refer to?

Answer 1

a shared culture, identity and history

Question 2

what is an ethnic group?

Answer 2

group of people who may be a different skin colour from majority of the population but not neccasirly

Question 3

what people do the best?

Answer 3

Chinese and Indians

Question 4

who does the worst?

Answer 4

black and pakistani

Question 5

what are the main external factors?

Answer 5

cultural deprivation, material deprivation and class and racism in wider society

Question 6

what does cultural deprivation claim?

Answer 6

that the under-achievement of some ethnic groups is caused by inadequate socialisation in the home

Question 7

2 main aspects of cultural deprivation

Answer 7

• intellectual and language
• attitudes, values and family structure

Question 8

what does cultural deprivation theory claim about low income black families?

Answer 8

lack intellectual stimulation - they fail to develop reading and problem-solving skilsl

Question 9

what do bereaver and Englemann claim?

Answer 9

that language of poorer black American families is ungrammatical and disjointed - then - their children are unable to express abstract ideas - a major barrier to educational process

Question 10

what does the swann report say about language?

Answer 10

it is not a major factor