Ethnicity - Theorists Flashcards
Moynihan (1965)
Responsible for the ‘family structure’ component of cultural deprivation
Pilkington (1997)
Argues people take an ethnocentric view of other cultures as inferior just because they are different
KEY THEORIST: Sewell (2009)
Argues the lack of fatherly nurturing or ‘tough love’ leads black boys away from schools and towards street gangs
Also suggests black boys have 4 responses to negative labelling: rebels, innovators, conformists, and retreatists
KEY THEORIST: Gillborn (2008)
Argues that institutional racism is what causes black boys to underachieve, not peer pressure
Also created the idea of the Assessment Game and New IQ’ism
Driver & Ballard (1981)
‘Asian work ethic’ leads to high educational success
Lupton (2004)
Argues that asian families mirror a school atmosphere, e.g. an expectation of respectful behaviour towards adults
Gillborn & Mirza (2000)
Disagrees that linguistic skills have an impact on students’ achievement, e.g. Chinese achieve highest
Berieter & Engelman (1966)
Argue that the language spoken by low income black families is inadequate for educational success
KEY THEORIST: Mason (1995)
“Discrimination is a continuing and persistent feature of the experience of Britain’s citizens of minority ethnic origin”. In simple terms, argues that minority ethnic groups in Britain are still discriminated against
Wood et al (2010)
Applied for 1,000 jobs using different names. 1 in 9 white sounding names were accepted to interview, compared to 1 in 16 ethnic minority names
Mac an Ghaill
Teachers still hold racialised expectations of students, that black students are anti-school and asian students are pro-school
KEY THEORIST: Margaret Fuller
Group of London black girls who created a pro-school subculture and surpassed educational expectations
Hatcher (1996)
Schools place a low priority on race issues like bullying
Stone
Argues there is no evidence that the ethnocentric curriculum causes low self-esteem in black students
