External Factors Flashcards
What is meant by ‘ethnicity’?
Ethnicity refers to a shared culture, identity and history. Ethnic groups are groups of people who see themselves as a distinct group based on things such as their religion, geography or language.
What is an ‘ethnic minority’?
Ethnic minorities are groups who are different from the majority population in a society.
What do cultural deprivation theorists say about a lack of intellectual skills?
Cultural deprivation theorists claim that children from low-income black families lack intellectual stimulation which causes then to underdevelop reasoning and problem-solving skills.
What did Bereiter and Engelmann say about the language of poorer black American families?
They claimed that the language was ungrammatical and disjointed which caused their children to be unable to express abstract ideas.
What do cultural deprivation theorists describe the working-class subculture that black children are socialised into as?
Fatalistic, focused on immediate gratification which results in a lack of motivation to succeed.
What is meant by the ‘lack of a male role model’?
Fathers in African-Carribean homes may not be present so boys may turn to anti-educational macho ‘gang culture’.
What does Pryce (1979) claim about the impact of slavery?
Pryce argues that the Black Carribean culture is less resistant to racism due to their experience of slavery. This causes many black pupils to have low self-esteem and under-achieve.
List two methods of compensatory education.
Operation Head Start
Sure Start Centres
What does Keddie argue about cultural deprivation?
Keddie argues that it is a victim-blaming explanation because minority ethnic group children are culturally different rather than culturally deprived.
Keddie also says that schools are ethnocentric (biased in favour of white culture).
What is ‘material deprivation’?
A lack of physical or economic resources that are essential for normal life in society.
