Ethnicity // Internal Flashcards
give some internal barriers which may affect ethnicity and achievement
- ethnocentric curriculum
- school holidays based off christian holidays
- fasting may not be supported in school
how does the ethnocentric curriculum affect ethnicity and achievement
- alienates minorities
- prevents feelings of integration and make them lack motivation
how does marketisation affect ethnicity and achievement
- schools may cream skim high achieving minorities eg Chinese and Indian and silt shift low achieving minorities eg Black African/ Caribbean so they go to worse school and get worse results
- application forms only in english so EAL disadvantaged
- some minorities more likely to be materially deprived which affects school choice
how are asian students typically labelled
overachievers, passive, value education more
how are black students typically labelled
lazy, disruptive, troublemakers
give 3 theorists supporting the theory of labelling affecting ethnicity and achievement
- Mirza
- Sewell
- Wright
what is Mirzas study
-studied ambitions of black girls who didn’t achieve their aims due to teachers racism
-3 types of teachers :
colour blind (believes students are equal but doesn’t challenge racism)
liberal chauvinists (believes black pupils are culturally deprived and have low expectations)
overt racists (actively discriminate)
what is Sewells study
-how students / subcultures deal with racism
-4 types:
rebels (openly hate school, excluded often)
conformists (largest group, attempt to fit in to avoid stereotyping)
retreatists (isolated from school and subcultures, despised by rebels)
innovators (anti school but pro education eg Fullers girls)
what is Wrights study
- negative stereotyping of asian students
- in primary teachers assume they have poor grasp of English so excluded
- disapproval of customs eg getting annoyed when corrected in name pronunciation
what was Smith and Tomilsons study
- Indian/Bangladeshi/Chinese students exclusion rates lower than white pupils per thousand
- Caribbean pupils over 3x more likely to be permanently excluded than the school population as a whole
what does Ball criticise
ethnocentric curriculum and ‘little englandism’
what is Gilborns study
-high achieving black pupils taking FSP to measure abilities suddenly became lowest achieving and part of it is based on teacher assessments
give a criticism for the ethnocentric curriculum as a factor affecting ethnicity and education
-Indian/Chinese students don’t learn their history or culture and they still do above average
what does Evans argue
to fully understand the relationship between ethnicity and achievement we need to look at how ethnicity interacts with gender and class
what is Mac an Ghaills study
there is no direct relationship between teacher expectation and achievement;
