ethnicity external factors Flashcards
what does Bereiter and Engelmann say?
children from e/m backgrounds lack intellectual stimulation needed for educational success leads to not developing reasoning skills,they also speak elaborated code which holds them back at school.many e/m dont speak english as a first language
how can you criticise bereiter and Engelmann?
many indian british children speak english as an additional language yet do very well at school
what does scruton argue?
Some e/m fail to integrate into mainstream british culture causing underachievment
how can you criticise scruton?
racist as theya ssume black culture is inferior to mainstream culture when in fact many black families encourage hard work
What does murray say
argues lack of positive male role models in black lone parents causes their underachieves especially boys
what does sewell say?
argues that asian students do much better in education than black families bc theyre brought up in a supporitve close knit family which value high work ethic.
what does lumpton argue
asian families support the schools behaviour policies which are similar to their expectations of childrens behaviour
what does sewell say about tough love?
black fathers are not absent but its their tough love that causes black boys to struggle to overcome emotional difficulties,they turn to music and gangs for role models giving them anti school attitudes.
how can you criticise cultural deprivation
keddie-myth of cultural deprivation weong to see e/m culture as inferior can be solved with anti racist multi cultural education
lawrence-black boys underachieve due to racism
driver-ethnicity can have a positve affect e.g black carribean families have positive female role models and is why black girls get Bette results than black boys
Cultural deprivation-family structure (moynihan)
Many black e/m children are being fought up in lone prentice families in which they are deprived of adequate care because the mother has to struggle financially in the absence of a male role model
How can you criticise Murray and moynihan
They can be criticised for ignoring the white nuclear families who fail to socialise their children properly
What did woot el al find
The poverty ethnic minority experience is caused by racism in society
Sent three identical job applications for the same job each having a name associated to a particular ethnic group he found that applicants with an English sounding name were more likely to be invited to interviews
