ethnocentric curriculum

Question 1

what is it

Answer 1

how the curriculum can exclude ethnic minority groups

Question 2

Black people

Answer 2

Coard (1971) showed how the content of education ignored black people. for example, black culture music and art were ignored. led to low self-esteem among Black people.
however despite this:
Stone 1981 noted that these children were still able to maintain an extremely positive self-image.

Tikly et al. 2006 studied 30 comprehensive schools and found that a large number of Afro-Caribbean pupils noted their invisibility in the curriculum and swathe white European focus.

Question 3

however

Answer 3

while the curriculum may be ethnocentric its unlikely that this is the only factor in the underachievement of ethnic minorities.