Ethnicity + DA: Internal Flashcards
What is the assessment game and which sociologist studied it?
Gilborn: The idea that as ethnic minorities begin to achieve similar grades to white students, the assessment changes (E.g. baseline tests -> Early Years Foundation Stage Profile
What is new IQ ism?
The idea that tests are biased against ethnic minorities and are an ineffective way of measuring potential
What are the evaluations of the Assessment Game and New IQism?
- Cultural deprivation + lang skills are more impactful
- Feminism: Gender is more of a barrier with exams
What is an ethnocentric curriculum?
The focus on white British culture in school prevents ethnic minorities from feeling included
What are examples of an ethnocentric curriculum?
- English literature curriculum
- History curriculum
What is the evaluation of the ethnocentric curriculum?
- Stone: there’s no evidence that it affects self esteem
What are racialised expectations?
Labels placed on ethnicities that lower their educational achievement
Which sociologist studied racialised expectations?
Sewell: Black boys were categorised into 2 main responses to their labels.
- Rebels: didn’t like goals or rules of school
- Confirmists: liked goals and rules of school
What is the evaluation of racialised expectations?
- Sewell himself argued that the external factor of family structure is more important
- Fuller’s study
What is institutional racism?
Rules/laws that allow racism to happen
Which sociologist studied institutional racism?
Hatcher found that bullying due to race wasn’t prioritised by schools
What is the evaluation of institutional racism?
What is marketisation and selection?
Schools accepting high achievers (Indian + Chinese) and ignoring low achievers (Black + South Asians)
- links to Bartlett’s cream skimming
What are the evaluations of marketisation and selection?
- Functionalists: meritocracy ignores ethnicity
- External factors: It is the fatalistic attitudes and values that cause this
