Ethnicity and education

Question 1

Which ethnic groups do better at school?

Answer 1

Chinese and Indian pupils tend to be above national average

Question 2

Which ethnic groups have lower levels of achievement?

Answer 2

Black, white, Bangladeshi and Roma pupils are unlikely to continue into higher education

Question 3

What are the three internal factors that affect the achievement of ethnic groups?

Answer 3

Labelling (Gillborn), curriculum (uniform, holidays, languages, history) and institutional racism (Wright, less attention and more punishment)

Question 4

What are the two external factors that affect the achievement of ethnic groups?

Answer 4

Cultural deprivation:

1. (Driver and Ballard) automatically put down a grade if first language isn’t English
2. Accents cause negative teacher labelling
3. (Driver and Ballard) high expectations from close-knit families
4. (Archer and Francis) Chinese parents value education highly
5. Less support from single-parents in African families

Material deprivation:

1. Chinese and Indian groups are likely to be higher class
2. FSM are good indicators of material dep.