ethnic differences in achievement

Question 1

bereiter and englemann

Answer 1

poorer black families have ungrammatical language meaning they cannot express their ideas

Question 2

moyniham

Answer 2

absence of male role models in black lone parent families produces inadequately socialised children

Question 3

pryce

Answer 3

black caribbean families are less resistant to racism due to slavery

Question 4

sewell

Answer 4

lack of fatherly nurturing leads to street gangs

Question 5

lupton

Answer 5

studied 4 working class schools and found poorer behaviour and discipline in white schools

Question 6

keddie

Answer 6

minority ethnic pupils underachieve due to ethnocentric schools (based on white culture)

Question 7

gillborn and mirza

Answer 7

black children were the highest achievers at primary but fell 21 points below average at gcse

Question 8

connolly

Answer 8

primary teachers saw asian pupils as passive and conformists

Question 9

sewell

Answer 9

black boys adopted teachers labelling and formed groups.

conformists, innovators, retreatists and rebels

Question 10

mirza

Answer 10

black girls strategies of dealing with racism still disadvantages students as they weren’t asking for help

Question 11

ball

Answer 11

history ignored black and asian issues when teaching