Ethnicity external Flashcards
Intellectual & linguistic skills - Bereiter & Engelmann
E - They argue the language spoken by low income, black American families, often ungrammatical and disjointed, which they argue makes it difficult for children to develop reasoning skills needed for success in school.
E - children from ethnic minority backgrounds, particularly black Caribbean, and some Pakistani may be a disadvantage from the outset as they are not exposed to the language, styles valued by the education system. This affects their confidence and participation in class leading to underachievement.
E - Gillborn & Mirza found Indian peoples, do very well despite off and not having English as a home language.
Family structure & parental support - Pryce (1979)
E - Pryce asians, a higher Chivas, as their culture is more resistant to racism, and give them a great sense of self-worth. In contrast T Augies, black Caribbean culture is less cohesive and less resistance racism. As a result many black people have low self-esteem, and underachieve.
E - he argues the experience of slavery, was culturally, devastating for blacks, being transported, and sold into slavery, meant that they lost their language religion an entire family system - Asian not destroyed by colonial rule.
E - Lawrence argues black peoples under chief, not because of low self-esteem, but due to racism in school and wider society.
Material dep - Palmer (2012)
E - Palmer found I think minority groups are more likely to face material deprivation in white e.g. nearly 50% of ethnic minority children live in low income households compared to 25% of white children.
E - Children from poorer households may lack essential resources, such as Internet, private tuition, basic equipment. They may also face barriers like overcrowded housing, poor nutrition, and part time jobs which affects their concentration in attendance leading to underachievement.
E - Fox argues the effects of racism on educational attainment go beyond material dep, even economically advantaged ethnic minority students are still subject to negative effects of institutional racism.
Fathers, gangs and culture - Sewell (2009)
E - Sewell suggests black Caribbean boys grow up in lone parent families, often hated by women resulting in a lack of male role model. This leads to the adoption of aunty school subcultures were young men tend to gangs and Street culture for identity in support, rather than academic success.
E - This reinforces, a masculinity based on aggression and defiance, which conflict with the academic values promoted by school as a result these boys adopt attitudes that devalue education and reject importance of academic achievement leading to lower performance.
E - Landell move the focus away from blaming black families and points to institutional racism and teacher bias, unlike Sewell she avoids stereotyping.
