Ethnicity - Education

Question 1

Language / intellectual and linguistic skills

Answer 1

Ethnic minority groups (particularly Black, low income groups) lack adequate stimulation & linguistic developments trough their socialisation. Due to it not always being their first language.

Question 2

Bauker - Language / intellectual and linguistic skills

Answer 2

States lack of standard English creates a huge barrier in UK education.

Question 3

Attitudes and values

Answer 3

Asian students in the UK are much more cohesive than Black culture as such they are able to ignore racism and are not as effected by it.

Question 4

Arnot - Attitudes and values

Answer 4

Believes that black children are raised by MTV and rappers.

Question 5

Family structure and paternal support

Answer 5

Asian families have much more pro-school attitude than black families. Also because Asian families are rarely lone parents families they offer a bigger support network for children so they excel more in school.

Question 6

Murray - African single moms

Answer 6

Believes lone parenthood in African Caribbean homes leads to the mother struggling to primary socialise the children which can effect their education.

Question 7

Labelling and teacher racism

Answer 7

Teachers have racialised expectations about Black pupils and expected more discipline problems. They saw their behaviour as threatening. Black students were more likely than others to be punished for the same behaviour. They felt like teachers underestimated their ability.

Question 8

Pupil Identities

Answer 8

Teachers assume the children would have a poor grasp of English and so they used simplistic language when speaking.