Ethnic differences in achievement external Flashcards
What do many sociologists argue about ethnic differences?
Many sociologists argue ethnic differences in achievement can best be explained by factors outside the school.
What is the cultural deprivation theory?
The cultural deprivation theory sees the underachievement of some ethnic groups as the result of inadequate socialisation.
What is the first aspect of the cultural deprivation theory?
The first aspect is intellectual and linguistic skills.
What do Bereiter and Engelman say?
> They consider language spoken by low income black families as inadequate for educational success.
What do sociologists say about intellectual and linguistic skills?
> cultural depriavtion theorists see the lack of intellectual and linguistic skills as a major cause of underachievement. They are argue many children from low income black families lack intellectual stimulation.
What is the second aspect of cultural deprivation theory?
Attitudes and values
What do sociologists say about attitudes and values?
> cultural deprivation theorists see lack of motivation as a major cause for failure of many black children.
some black children are socialised into a subculture that instils a live for today attitude that doesnt value education.
What is the third aspect of cultural deprivation theory?
Family structure
What does Moynihan say?
> He argues many black families are headed by a lone mother and their children are deprived of adequate care
What does Murray say?
> He argues a high rate of lone parenthood and lack of positive male role models leads to the underachievement of some minorities.
What does Scruton say?
> He sees low achievement of some minorities as resulting from a failure to embrace mainstream british culture.
What does Sewell say?
> He argues it is not the absence of fathers as role models that leads to black boys underachieving, it is a lack of fatherly nurturing and tough lough which results in boys finding it hard to overcome emotional and behavioural difficulties in adolescence.
Asian Families
Lupton
> Lupton argues adult authority in asian families is similar to that in schools.
What does compensatory education do for cultural deprivation?
> Operation Head Start was to compensate children for the cultural deficit they are said to suffer because of deprived backgrounds.
What is material deprivation for ethnic differences?
> Material deprivation sees educational failure as resulting from factors such as housing and low income which ethnic minorities are more likely to face.
