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CD
1) Intellectual and linguistic skills
BOWKER

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  • lack of SE creates a huge barrier to UK education
    EAL- English as an additional language
    link to BERNSTEIN
    ‘sociolinguistics’ and restricted code
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Criticism of intellectual and linguistic skills

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THE SWANN REPORT
- lang differences had little impact on achievement
X does not explain why Indian pupils do so well

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CD
2) Attitudes and Values
ARNOT

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Black Machismo
- the media created negative role models for black pupils
- ultra tough ghetto superstar
- reinforced through rap lyrics and MTV videos
- boys who lack father figure
- anti authority

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Why is attitudes and values a factor of cultural deprivation?

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Different ethnic groups are socialised into or inherit different attitudes and values

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Criticisms of CD 2) Attitudes and Values

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X Reductionist- not all will be influenced negatively
- not all rap lyrics are negative

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CD
3) Family structures and Parental support
MOYNIHAN AND MURRAY

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  • African Caribbean lone-parenthood to blame
  • lack of male role model
  • mother struggle to socialise children adequately
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CD
3) Family structures and Parental support
SCRUTON

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Low achievement is the result of ethnic minorities failing to embrace and conform to British culture
- lack of cultural assimilation

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CD
3) Family structures and Parental support
PRYCE N HALL

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  • Asian culture ignores racism more effectively
  • impact of slavery means B less likely to assimilate and integrate with white MC led to their loss of lang, religion, ancestry
    HALL calls this ‘culture of resistance’
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CD
3) Family structure and Parental support
DRIVER & BALLARD

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Asian families have a more pro school than black families
- extended family unit
- rarely lone parents
- offer a bigger support network for their children

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CD
3) Family structure and Parental support
LUPTON

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Suggests Adult Authoritarian Asian families match that of the school
- Tiger parenting
- embraces multiculturalism

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Criticism of CD Family structure and Parental support

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DRIVER- ethnicity can be an advantage- AF CRB girls do well
KEDDIE- to blame culture is to blame victims of educational failure
X relies of generalisations
X ignores compensatory education

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MD
FLAHERTY

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15% of minority groups live in overcrowded homes
LINK TO DOUGLAS SC
Pakistanis are 2X more likely to be in semi-skilled jobs compared to whites

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MD
THE SWANN REPORT

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Social class differences account for a high proportion of differences in achievement between ethnic groups

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RACISM IN SOCIETY
MASON

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Discrimination is a continuing and persistent feature of the experience of Britain’s citizens of minority ethnic origin

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RACISM IN SOCIETY
REX

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  • Racism leads to social exclusion and accordingly poverty
  • shown in housing employment and education
  • discrimination inside and outside the classroom
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RACISM IN SOCIETY
NOON

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-sent identical letters to 100 top UK companies
- ‘Evans’ and ‘Patel’
- responded to ‘white’ candidate in a more helpful and informative way

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Criticisms of RACISM IN SOCIETY

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  • Companies want to reflect diversity and actively seek to employ people from ethnic minority groups
    CEP- recruitment campaign
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ALL EXTERNAL CONCEPTS

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  • Cultural deprivation
  • Material deprivation
  • Racism in society
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1) Labelling and teacher racism
BECKER

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Black and Asian pupils are labelled negatively

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1) Labelling and teacher racism
GILLBORN AND YOUDELL
- rationing education

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Teacher hold racialised expectations against pupils
- misinterpret behaviour and see black pupils as anti-authority
- conflict between teacher and pupil then reinforces stereotype
- quick to discipline them

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1) Labelling and teacher racism
WRIGHT
- early education

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Asian pupils are left out of class discussions as they have their names mispronounced
- covert racism
- victims oof labelling due to teacher ethnocentric views
- marginalisation leads to underachievement

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1) Labelling and teacher racism
BOURNE & FOSTER

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  • Black boys seen as a threat and labelled negatively
  • placed in lower sets and streams
  • receive more exclusions
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2) Pupil responses and subcultures
FULLER N MAC AN GHAILL

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Reject the idea that labels stick
- y11 black girls in lower streams but achieving highly
- don’t conform o the values of respecting teachers
- do value educational success

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2) Pupil responses and subcultures
MIRZA

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Failed strategies for avoiding racism
1- The colour blind
2- The liberal Chauvinists
3- The overt racists
- some pupils may not develop coping strategies to deal with racism by teachers so girls are more selective and have limited options of who they can ask for help

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2) Pupil responses and subcultures
SEWELL

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Loose Cannons
- strategies black boys used to cope with racism
- concluded teachers hold stereotype of black machismo
4 responses to teacher racism
1- conformity
2- rebellion
3- retreatism
4- innovation

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3) The Ethnocentric Curriculum
TROYNA AND WILLIAMS

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The national curriculum is specifically British and only focuses of white culture
- ignores non-European languages, literature, music

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3) The Ethnocentric Curriculum
BALL

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‘Little Englandism’ describes the way the curriculum focuses on white British culture
- largely ignores the history of black and Asian people

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3) The Ethnocentric Curriculum
COARD

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Black culture and history is taught to be primitive and how white people civilised these groups
White connected with pure and good
Black connected with evil

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Criticism of 3) The Ethnocentric Curriculum

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  • celebrate black history month
  • music lessons place emphasis on exploring world wide instruments
  • aware of celebrating diversity
  • PE- dance and music style
30
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What is Institutional racism?

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Results from the in built discrimination within institutions such as the police, media, education

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4) Institutional Racism
HATCHER

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Racist behaviour goes unchallenged and ignored in schools
- lack of formal strategies to deal with the events

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4) Institutional racism
TROYNA

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The lack of provision for teaching Asian languages is a form of institutional racism
- certain Asian groups put at a disadvantage on a day to day basis

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5) Selection and Segregation
GILLBORN

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The marketisation of education puts ethnic minorities at a disadvantage because schools are more selective of who they enrol

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5) Selection and Segregation
MOORE & DAVENPORT

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schools create ethnic segregation

35
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5) Selection and Segregation
THE COMMISSION FOR RACIAL INEQUALITY 1996

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3 BIASES
1- racist bias in enrolment interviews
2- lack of info available in minority languages
3- minority parents unaware of enrolment procedures

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