ethnic differences in achievement

Question 1

moynihan

Answer 1

lone parent families - black boys have no male role model

Question 2

margaret fuller

Answer 2

rejection of the label

Question 3

bereiter and engelmann

Answer 3

the black caribbean language is ungrammatical and disjointed, which means the cannot convey abstract ideas

Question 4

gillborn and youdell

Answer 4

teachers had radicalised expectations of black pupils and saw their behaviour as threatening. black pupils were more likely than others to be punished for the same behaviour as white pupils

Question 5

mirza

Answer 5

black girls strategies for dealing with teacher racism still disadvantaged them e.g they would not ask for help

Question 6

wright

Answer 6

asian pupils were stereotyped and treated differently. teachers used simple language because they assumed they would speak poor english

Question 7

troyna and williams

Answer 7

the british curriculum prioritises white culture and the english language