Ethnicity Flashcards
?% of Indian and ?% of Chinese students achieved 5 A*-C grades vs ?% White British students (Gov.uk ?-?)
70% Indian, 80% Chinese, 49% White British
Gov.uk 2019-20
?% Black students and ?% of Gypsy/ Roma students achieved 5 A*-C GCSE’s (Gov.uk ?-?)
46% Black students and 8% Gypsy
Gov.uk 2019-20
Another example of inequality of outcome can be shown in a Gov.uk study in ? that found only ?% of students in further education were from BAME groups, although consisting of 16% of the population
2019 study 12.7%
Cecile Wright (1992)
Teachers perceived ethnic minority children differently from white children with Asian children receiving the least attention whilst Black African Caribbean children were expected to behave badly so received the most attention
Gillborn and Youdell (2000)
Teachers hold racialised expectations and that the national curriculum is ethnocentric
Mac An Ghaill
‘Rasta heads’ created as an anti-school subculture
Ball
Parental attitudes coupled with streaming lead to lower attainment for WC and ethnic minority students
Fuller
Found African carribean girls rejected their labels and excelled whilst boys instead accepted them and formed anti-school subcultures