external - ethnicity and education Flashcards
what 3 aspects of cultural deprivation explain ethnic minority underachievement
- intellectual and linguistic skills
- attitudes and values
- family structure and parental support
Bereiter and Engelmann on the impact of language on education achievement
consider the language spoken by low-income black American families as inadequate for education success as its ungrammatical, disjointed, and incapable of expressing abstract ideas
criticism of Bereiter and Engelmann that suggests that students whose first language isn’t English don’t bar them from success
official statistics suggest that in 2010 pupils with English mother younger were only 3.2 points ahead of those without
gilbourne and mirza- indian pupils do very well despite not having English spoken at home
how do attitudes and values of ethnic minority students sometimes bar them from success?
some argue that some black children are socialised into a ‘fatalistic’ subculture with a live for today attitude that doesn’t value education
what does Moynihan argue about family structure and low educational achievement?
argues that because many black families are headed by a lone mother their children are deprived of adequate care due to financial issues and lack of a male role model so lack a role model of achievement
pryce view on black underachievement compares to Asians
Asians do better in schools due to the fact they are more resistant to racism and gives them a greater feeling of self-worth however black students are less resistant causing low self-esteem and under-achievement
sewell’s view on black underachievement in relation to lacking a role model father
absence of a father means a lack of fatherly nurturing and tough love which results in black boys being able to overcome the emotional and behavioral difficulties of adolescence
gilbourne’s criticism of black underachievement being based on socialization nd peer pressure
institutionalized racism within the education system systematically produces the failure of large numbers of black boys
luptons view on Asian achievement
down to the adult authority in Asian households which as a knock-on effect in schools since parents more likely than black parents to be supportive of school behavior polices
what did McCulloch find about white working-class aspirations for uni
minority pupils more likely to aspire to go to uni due to lack of parental support
drivers’ criticism of cultural deprivation theory
ignores the positive effects of ethnicity on achievement. shows that black Caribbean families are far from dysfunctional and provide girls, positive role models of female independence,
Keddie criticism of cultural dep
victim-blaming explanations. minority ethnic children aren’t culturally deprived but culturally different
palmer investigated ethnic material deprivation and found:
- half of the ethnic minority children live in low-income houses compared to a quarter of white
- twice as likely to be unemployed
- three times more likely to be homeless
- more likely to do shift work
reasons minority ethnic minority material dep
- cultural factors such as purdah in some Muslim households prevents women from working outside the household
- lack of language skills and foreign qualifications that arent recognised by UK employers
- asylum seekers may not be able to take work
evidence that material deprivation and social class factors don’t completely override race
2011 86% Chinese girls who receive FMS achieved 5 or more GCSEs compared to 65% of white girls who weren’t
