Explanations of differential achievement- ethnicity

Question 1

Driver and ballard

Answer 1

Outside- Indian families place value on education.

Question 2

Archer and francis

Answer 2

Outside- Chinese parents have educational success on their identity. Parents take a stronger role on their kids achievement.

Question 3

Bolognani

Answer 3

Outside- Students with family in Pakistan take longer holidays and breaks for religion, teachers think they aren’t as focused.

Question 4

Sewell

Answer 4

Outside- hyper-masculine, no role models, peer pressure, matriarchal families mean less income.

Question 5

Modood

Answer 5

Outside- 50% pakistani men don’t speak English, cannot support kids in education.

Question 6

Flaherty

Answer 6

Outside- 15% ethnic groups likely to live in crowded homes.

Question 7

Palmer

Answer 7

Outside- 50% of BAME students come from low income families.

Question 8

Gillbourn and Youdell

Answer 8

Inside- education is institutionally racist, black boys = trouble.

Question 9

Jasper

Answer 9

Inside- self-fulfilling prophecies, black boys live up to their labels.

Question 10

Wright

Answer 10

Inside- primary school teachers see African children as aggressive and disobedient.

Question 11

Coard

Answer 11

Inside- Ethnocentric curriculum.

Question 12

Archer

Answer 12

Inside- teachers do not see black pupils as “ideal students”.