Ethnic Differences In Educational Achievement

Question 1

Evidence - do the ethnic differences in achievement exist?

Answer 1

AO1

During last decade proportions of pupils achieve of A*-Cs at GCSE rose by almost half as much again, all main ethnic groups achieve higher grades than ever before.

Since late 1980s hap in ach between different ethnic groups have grown

White and Indian/Bangladeshi students do better than black students

Significant variations among Asians, Indians do better than Pakistani/Bangladeshi students

Almost all groups of girls do better than boys but amongst Asians boys do better than girls, similarly within each EG MC do better thancWC.

Question 2

How can we explain ethnic differences in achievement

Answer 2

External Factors
Which is home and wider society

Internal factors
Processes within the school

Question 3

1 material deprivation

Answer 3

AO1+AO3

Means a lack of money.

Particularly Pakistanis/Bangladeshis suffer from lower standards of housing, high employment and low income. Chinese/Indian doc you lol as more likely to be MD and not suffer from MD

Md explanations see educational failure as resulting from substandard housing and low income. EM more likely to face these problems

According to PALMER 2012

Almost half of Bangladeshi and Pakistani workers earned under £7 ph compared with on quarter of white British workers
=em suffer from overcrowded damp houses, makes it difficult to study and causes poor health leading to absence. May also need to work part time making it hard to do homework

Question 4

AO3 criticism of PALMER 2012 MD theory

Answer 4

1 even MC afro Caribbean’s who did not suffer from MD still underperformed in exams

2 Indian and Chinese pupils who are MD still do better than un Mdeprived white pupils

Question 5

AO1 racism in wider society

Answer 5

WOOD ET AL 2010