Ethnicity - External Flashcards
What are the broad external ethnicity cultural deprivation groups?
Intellectual and linguistic skills, attitudes and values, family structure and parental support.
Describe intellectual and linguistic skills…
Ethnicity, external, cultural deprivation.
Ethnic minority groups lack adequate stimulation and linguistic development through their socialisation.
Bowker 1968
Ethnicity, external, cultural deprivation, intellectual and linguistic skills.
A lack of standard English creates a huge barrier to UK education.
Bernstien 1975
Ethnicity, external, cultural deprivation, intellectual and linguistic skills.
Sociolinguistics.
Swann Report 1985
Ethnicity, external, cultural deprivation, intellectual and linguistic skills, sociolinguistics.
Language differences had little impact on achievement.
Describe Ethnicity, external, cultural deprivation, attitudes and values…
Different ethnic groups are socialised into different attitudes and values…
Arnot 2004
Ethnicity, external, cultural deprivation, attitudes and values.
The media have created negative anti-school role models. Black pupils idealise ‘the ultra tough ghetto superstar’ which is reinforced through rap lyrics and MTV videos.
Define Ethnicity, external, cultural deprivation, family structure and parental support…
Dysfunctional family types are to blame for under achievement…
Moynihan 1965/Murray 1984
Ethnicity, external, cultural deprivation, family structure and parental support.
African Caribbean lone parents, lack of male role-models, mothers struggle to socialise children adequately.
Scruton 1986
Ethnicity, external, cultural deprivation, family structure and parental support.
Result of ethnic minorities failing to embrace and conform to British culture.
Pryce 1979
Ethnicity, external, cultural deprivation, family structure and parental support.
Asian culture is more cohesive so can ignore racism eg won’t have low self esteem so won’t educationally fail.
Hall 1992
Ethnicity, external, cultural deprivation, family structure and parental support.
Slavery, lost language, religion, ancestry, less likely to integrate and assimilate with white M/C ‘culture of resistance’
Driver and Ballard 1981
Ethnicity, external, cultural deprivation, family structure and parental support.
Asian families have a pro school attitude compared to black families. Asian families are rarely lone parents hence offering a larger support network.
Lupton 2004
Ethnicity, external, cultural deprivation, family structure and parental support.
‘Adult authoritarian’ Asian families matches that of school.
Driver 1971
CRITICISM OF
Ethnicity, external, cultural deprivation, family structure and parental support.
Ethnicity can be an advantage in education
Keddie 1971
Ethnicity, external, cultural deprivation, family structure and parental support. XRITICISM
To blame culture is to blame the victims if educational failure.
Give 3 criticisms of Ethnicity, external, cultural deprivation…
Ignores multiculturalism, relies on generalisations, ignores compensatory education (operation head start, educational priority areas, education action zones and super start).
Ethnicity, external, material deprivation Flaherty 2004
15% of minority groups live in overcrowded homes. X3 more likely to be unemployed/poorest 1/5th.
Swann report, ethnicity, external, material deprivation…
Social class differences account for a high proportion of differences in achievement between ethnic groups…
Mason 1995
Ethnicity, external, racism in society
Discrimination is a continuing or persistent feature of the experience of British citizens of minority ethnic origin.
Rex 1986
Ethnicity, external, racism in society
Racism leads to social exclusion, poverty (housing, employment and education) discrimination in and out the Classroom.
Noon 1993
Ethnicity, external, racism in society
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