ethnicity

Question 1

how do language barriers affect educational achievement

Answer 1

Problems with school work
teachers assume language barriers mean students have a low academic ability

Question 2

it is argues ethnic groups are culturally deprived, this consists of three factors

Answer 2

Language
values
family

Question 3

how does language deprivation cause underachivement

Answer 3

children havent experienced intelectual stimulation or interactive social experience to achieve

Question 4

what is a criticism to language deprivation

Answer 4

Official statistics show children with english as their second lamguage were only 3 points behind white british children in their gcse points

Question 5

what are the reasons for ethnicity educational achievement

Answer 5

labelling

pupil response to labelling

streaming

ethnocentric curriculum

institutional racism

Question 6

what are chinese people stereotypes as

Answer 6

hyper achievers
really good so dont get attention in class
pushy parents

Question 7

what is the stereotypes of asians

Answer 7

passive
poor language
motivated
discipline

Question 8

what are the stereotypes of black pupils

Answer 8

agressive
disruptive
culturally and material deprived

Question 9

what was tony sewells theory of black pupils experience in school

Answer 9

they underachieve in school due to-

their culture not being recognised in the curriculum

teachers threatened by their sexuality and masculinity and punish/ discipline them more

recieve more detentions than all ethnicities- therefore recieve less education

Question 10

what is a criticism of ethnic labelling

Answer 10

all theories are outdated

there is less evidence now of disproportional labelling.

Question 11

what is tony sewells theory of anti school black subcultures

Answer 11

black pupils are more likely to be pressured into a street subculture and antischool subcultures

black boys believe education success is aligned with femininity and therefore choose not to focus and fail.

black pupils want to act black. achieving in school can be seen as acting white

Question 12

what is the black girl response to labelling

Answer 12

act against self fulfilling prophecy

when teachers label them negatively black girls reject labels and work hard to fight labels

black girls care about their education and future