Ethnic Differences in Educational Achievement Flashcards
Who came up with the Family structure theory?
“Lone mothers means there is a lack in a male role model”
Moynihan
What are Sewell’s 3 theories regarding ethnicity and education?
- Boys are raised into ‘tough love
- Teachers stereotype black machismo and expect black pupils to adapt to an urban or street subculture.
- Rebels, conformists, Retreatist.
White working class boys have lower aspirations for university than black pupils.
Who argues that?
McCulloch found that white working class holds low aspirations, black pupils are more likely to aspire for university.
What skills did Gillborn and Mirza argue that puts Indian pupils ahead of black pupils?
Reasoning and problem solving skills through enriching experiences
What did Driver argue about the influence of lone mothers in Caribbean families?
Driver argues other theorists ignore the positive impact of strong role models for girls.
Cultural difference
Children cannot be culturally deprived, they will have a culture and that may differ from the mainstream culture.
Whose is that theory?
Keddie
Material deprivation - ‘ethnic minorities are more likely to face poverty and material deprivation.’
What theorist claimed that?
Bonus - a different theorist that supports this theory
Palmer
Flaherty supports the claim.
Teacher racialised expectations
G&Y
Gillborn and Youdell found that teachers have racialised expectations and discipline different races more quickly. For example white female teachers that had low expectations for black boys’ academic performance and but regarded them as good in sports.
Who found that black girls challenged the negative labels and did not seek teacher approval?
Fuller
Internal factor - Teacher advice and pupil response to advice.
Mirza
Mirza found that since some racist teachers gave discouraging advice to black pupil, the pupils had to be selective in dealing with staff so they did not achieve as well as they could have even though they had high self-esteem.
How does the curriculum prove institutional racism according to T&W ?
Bonus
What does Ball say to support this theory?
B
Troyna and Williams found that the curriculum prioritises white culture and language. This proves insititutional racism since the government gives low priorities to BAME’s culture.
Ball supports this by saying the curriculum ignores ethnic and cultural diversity in the UK.
Who found that black girls were considered potentially disruptive?
Connoly found that black girls were considered potentially disruptive.
