Evaluation of Ethnic Differences in Educational Achievement

Question 1

Ethnic differences (External Factors)
NEGATIVES

Answer 1

• Language skills may not play a part
• Afro-Caribbeans do not have different attitudes and values. They are more successful than White-British parents in getting their children to stay on in education at the end of their compulsory schooling, and enter some form of higher education
• Minorities are just culturally different not deprived (Keddie)
• Social class does not override ethnicity

Question 2

Ethnic differences (Internal Factors)
NEGATIVES

Answer 2

• Racism is not linked to low achievement
• Not all if any teachers are not racist
• Ethnocentric curriculum