Ethnicty Ed Flashcards
External Factors
Cultural Deprivation, Material Deprivation, and Racism in Wider Society
Cultural Deprivation
Language and Speech Codes, Attitudes and Values, and Family Structure
Language and Speech Codes
Bereteit and Engelmann and Mirza
Bereteit and Engelmann
language spoken is ungrammatical and disjointed
AO3: black girls do well at school
Mirza
indian students do well at school even if English isn’t their first language
AO3: students that don’t speak English are held back
Attitudes and Values
Cultural Deprivation Theorists
Cultural Deprivation Theorists
socialized into fatalism, and no values for schools
AO3: success isn’t always needed
Family Structures
Moynihan, Sewell, Pryce, and Lupton
Moynihan
lone mother so have inadequate socialization so fail at school
AO3: Driver = can be inspirational/role model for black girls
Sewell
lack of a father love means find it hard to cope with emotions so go to gangs
AO3: not peer pressure but institutional racism
Pryce
asian culture is more resistant to racism so they do better
AO3: Lawrence = racism causes low self-esteem
Lupton
adult authority is similar to that of schools
AO3: may resent that authority so use school as a scapegoat
Lupton
w/c parents have a negative attitude towards education
AO3: Keddie = cultural deprivation is victim blaming
Material Deprivation
Palmer
Palmer
two times more likely to be unemployed
AO3: material deprivation is a result of racism
Racism in Wider Society
Rex and Wood
Rex
more likely to be forced into bad housing than those of same class
AO3: fewer white people in poverty
Wood
out of 1,000 applicants 1 in 16 for ethnic minorities are called for interview whereas 1 in 9
AO3: might not be racism but that white people are more suited
Internal Factors
Labelling, Pupil Identities, Pupil Response and Subculture, and Institutional Racism
Labelling
Gillborn and Mirza, Gillborn and Youdell, Bourne, Foster, and Wright
Gillborn and Mirza
black were highest achievers on entry to primary school but lowest at GCSE
AO3: could be due to situations in the family
Gillborn and Youdell
teachers quick to discipline black students due to racial stereotypes
AO3: not all teachers
Bourne
schools see black boys as a threat
AO3: more rebellious behaviour due to society
Foster
teachers stereotypes around black pupils places them in lower sets
AO3: movements towards equality
Wright
teachers assume asians have a poorer grasp on English so use simpler language
AO3: some do have poor English so may help
Wright
asians feel marginalized when teachers mispronounce their names
AO3: mispronounce all names
Pupil Identities
Archer
Archer
dominant discourse of teachers creates three pupil identities; ideal, pathologized, and demonized pupil
AO3: ideal pupil changes
Archer
girls are passive, quiet, and docile but when challenge this they are punished
AO3: not all girls
Archer
chinese are seen as achieving in wrong ways
AO3: some see them as naturally smart
Archer
teachers assume families are tight, closed, and m/c so not ideal pupil
AO3: being a part of m/c is a category for ideal pupil
Pupil Responses and Subcultures
Fuller, Mac and Ghail, Mirza, and Sewell
Fuller
black girls respond to being placed in lower sets with a pro education anti schools subculture
AO3: some may have pro school attitude due to corrupt system
Mac and Ghail
ability to overcome depends on ethnicity, gender, and nature of school
AO3: some are unable to educate
Mac and Ghail
asian girls don’t accept labels and try to overcome them
AO3: unsuccessful at it
Mirza
racist teachers discourage them through career advice
AO3: movements to more equal so won’t be overlooked and changed
Mirza
girls trying to avoid negative by choosing who to ask for help and not take part in
AO3: some black girls have confidence
Sewell
black boys respond to negative labels in four ways; rebel, conformist, retreatist, and innovator
AO3: more realistic view as most people see all black boys as rebels
Institutional Racism
Critical Race Theory, Marketisation and Segregation, Ethnocentric Curriculum, Assessment, Access to Opportunities, and New IQism
Critical Race Theory
Roithmayr and Gillborn
Roithmayr
locked in inequality
AO3: there are changes overcoming it
Gillborn
ethnic inequality is so deep rooted it is an inevitable feature of education
AO3: need to still fight it
Marketisation and Segregation
Gillborn and Moore and Davenport
Gillborn
marketisation gives more scope to select pupils, so negative stereotypes impact
AO3: mainly towards black pupils as seen as a threat
Moore and Davenport
selection procedures lead to ethnic segregation
AO3: asians perform better than white majority
Ethnocentric Curriculum
Troyna and Williams and Ball
Troyna and Williams
only learn european languages
AO3: encouraged to take them but not forced
Ball
don’t cover black or asian history
AO3: Stone = black student don’t suffer from low self esteem
Assessment
Gillborn
Gillborn
the ‘assessment game’ is rigged so dominant culture wins
AO3: how do we even test?
Access to Opportunities
Gillborn and Tikly
Gillborn
white are two times more likely to be identified as gifted than black so entered into ‘Gift and Talent’
AO3: more black pupils being recognised
Tikly
black children are more likely to be placed in lower tier exams
AO3: education system racist due to wider society
New IQism
Gillborn
Gillborn
teachers place black pupils in lower sets due to disciplinary problems
AO3: specific teachers means it is hard to influence
Gillborn
being placed in sets based on tests does not measure potential
AO3: these sets change as students do