Ethnicity

Question 1

Trends in terms of achieving 5 A*-C GCSEs in 2014

Answer 1

• Chinese heritage tends to perform the best (74%)
• Indian heritage (73%)
• White british (56%)
• AC groups (47%)

Question 2

Ballard (Out of school factor )

Answer 2

Chinese children who spoke a different language at home were as good at english as their peers by the age of 16.

Question 3

Language (Out of school factor )

Answer 3

• A strong accent and non standard english grammar might influence teacher labelling in school.
• Relates to Bernstein’s language codes

Question 4

Archer and Francis (Out of school factor )

Answer 4

• Family emphasise on educational success within Chinese families in the UK.
• Close Knit families in some Asian families can lead to higher parental expectations.

Question 5

Swell (Out of school factor )

Answer 5

There’s higher average incidence of single parenthood among AC households so this is presented as a negative influence on the achievement of black pupils.
- Less discipline and structure at home and lack of male role model.

Question 6

What ethnic groups are likely to be in the receipt of FSM? (Out of school factor )

Answer 6

• Bangladeshi, Pakistani, African- Caribbean

- This could link with class and be a factor as to why some ethnic groups achieve worse than others

Question 7

Coard (In of school factor )

Answer 7

• National Curriculum itself is ethnocentric
• Centered around white british or european views, most language classes are european languages, schools are based on christian calendar and assemblies are based on christian worship. (mostly)
• Hidden curriculum of very few black teachers

Question 8

Gilborn (In of school factor )

Answer 8

• Teachers had higher expectations of Chinese, Indian pupils and Asian girls leading to a self fulfilling prophecy of success. (ethnic stereotype)
• Negative labelling, particularly the ‘myth of the black challenge’, could lead to a self fulfilling prophecy of failure

Question 9

Wright (In of school factor )

Answer 9

• Schools can be institutionally racist.
• The policies and procedures can unintentionally discriminate against certain ethnic groups.
• Eg. Uniform policies might exclude certain religious wear like headscarves.

Question 10

Pupil Subcultures (In of school factor )

Answer 10

• Some ethnic groups may from pro school subcultures. therefore the norms and values of pupils and relationships within school can affect educational achievement.

Question 11

Mizra (In of school factor )

Answer 11

• ‘Young, female and black’
• Wrote about ‘myth of underachievement’ and how black girls wanted to prove their label wrong.
• They were sometimes anti-school bust still pro education.