Ethnicity - external Flashcards
47% of …
African-Caribbean students got 5 A*-C GCSE’s compared with national average of 56%
what group are most likely to be excluded from school?
black male students
what % of Chinese and Indian students attained 5 A*-C GCSE’s in 2014?
74% and 73%
What evidence supports the fact that Pakistani students perform the poorest among Asian ethnic groups?
51% got 5 A*-C in 2014
What do Bereiter and Engelmann claim about the language spoken by low-income black US families?
inadequate for educational success - ungrammatical, disjointed and incapable of expressing abstract ideas
how does socialisation disadvantage black children according to CD theorists?
some are socialised into a subculture that instils a fatalistic attitude that doesn’t value education.
what is the reason for failure to socialise children adequately?
dysfunctional family structure
According to Moynihan why are black chilren deprived of adequate care?
many are headed by lone mother - she struggles financially in absence of male breadwinner. This absence also means boys lack male role model.
how is CD a cycle according to Moynihan?
inadequately socialised children fail at school and become inadequate parents themselves.
what does Murray claim the reasons for underachievement of EM are?
high rates of lone parenthood and lack of positive male role model.
what affects differences in ethnic achievement according to PRYCE?
Asians are high achievers because their culture is more resistant to racism and gives them greater sense of self-worth.
black Caribbean culture is less cohesive and resistant to racism so black students have low self-esteem and underachieve.
why is black culture less resistant than Asian culture according to PRYCE?
experience of slavery was culturally devastating for blacks. Being transported and sold meant they lost language, religion and entire family system. Asian family structures, languages and religions weren’t destroyed by colonial rule.
What does SEWELL disagree with MURRAY about?
it isn’t the absence of fathers as role models that = black boys underachieving but the lack of fatherly nurturing/tough love. makes it hard for black boys to overcome emotional/behavioural difficulties of adolescence.
how does the absence of the nurturing father affect black boys?
turn to street gangs of other fatherless black boys who offer ‘perverse loyalty and love’ and present boys with a media-inspired role model of anti-school black masculinity.
how did the academically successful black boys interviewed by SEWELL feel?
greatest barrier to success was pressure from other boys. Speaking in Standard English was viewed with suspicion and seen as ‘selling out’ to white esttablishment.
what do Indian/Chinese pupils benefit from according ot Sewell?
supportive families woth ‘Asian work ethic’ and high value on education
According to LUPTON why do Asians fare better educationally?
the adult authority in their families is similar to the model operating in schools. respectful behaviour towards adults was expected. parents supportive of school behavioural policies.
What did LUPTON find in study of 4 W/C schools?
teachers reported poorer levels of behaviour and discipline in white W/C schools, despite having fewer children on FSM. Teachers blamed this on low levels of parental support and negative attitudes towards ed.
EM parents saw ed as a ‘way up in society’.
why does DRIVER criticise the CD theory?
ignores positive effects of ethnicity on achievement. He shows black Caribbean family provides girls with postive role models of strong independent women.
Why does LAWRENCE challenge PRYCE’s view?
black pupils underachieve because of racism not becuase their culture is weak/lack of self-esteem.
what does KEDDIE think of CD?
victim-blaming explanation. argues EM are culturally different>deprived. they underachieve because schools are ethnocentric
why do critics of CD oppose compensatory education?
see it as an attempt to impose dominant white culture on children who already have coherent culture
why might MD be more important than CD?
Indian children are less likely to be in poverty than Pakistani and Bangladeshi.
According to Palmer how many EM children live in low income families?
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