Ethnicity and education Flashcards
Chinese and Indian students on average do better than…
Black students.
Indian students do better than…
Pakistani and Bangladeshi students.
External factors
genetic factors
cultural deprivation
material deprivation
racism
role models
Murray
Black students have a lower IQ
Failure to socialise children is the result of a dysfunctional family structure – high numbers of lone parents.
Swann report
once you have controlled impact of environment and biases of IQ, this is not a factor
African Caribbean, Bangladeshi and Pakistani children are more likely to be part of the working classes
experiencing greater poverty. (Indians and whites are least likely to be on FSM)
Ethnic minorities are 2x as likely to be unemployed and 3x more likely to be homeless.
Palmer
1⁄2 of ethnic minority children live in low income families, compared too 1⁄4 of white children.
Ballard
cultural deprivation: Asian Families have high aspirations.
Swann
different performance is due to respective cultures.
Pryce
African Caribbean family life is ‘turbulent’, but they are aspirational.
Sewell
argues black students do worse than Asian students because of cultural differences in socialisation and attitudes to education.
Spender Holland
lack of male role models in the family, in the media and in education as a concern for African-Caribbean boys – there is no clear male authority figure in a professional role to aspire to.
Racial discrimination leads to social exclusion.
Noon
applications from ‘Evans’ received more and more positive replies from companies than ‘Patel’.
