External factors – Ethnic difference in Achievement Flashcards
Definition of material deprivation (MD)?
Where someone cannot afford or lacks access to basic, material resources such as food and heating.
Negative impact of MD
Material deprivation negative effect on educational achievement bc students not have access to computers and the Internet at home and poor diet and housing conditions may lead to health problems which can result in time off school.
What did Sue Palmer - relating to MD?
• Almost 1/2 of all ethnic minority children live in low-income households, VS 1/4 of white children.
What did Sue Palmer find about the kind of job contract are they involved with?
Ethnic minority workers more likely engaged in shift work.
What Did Sue Palmer find about the type of jobs ME likely to be engaged in?
Bangladeshi and Pakistani women are more likely than others to be engaged in low paid house-working.
What positions are they usually in ME.
What does that mean?
Pakistani, Bangla and AC- lower class positions such as routine occupation and elementary workers. Meaning poor housing, periods of unemployment, poverty, and MD.
Name 4 reasons why Some ethnic minorities are at a greater risk of the material deprivation results - unemployment, low pay and overcrowding?
- Many live-in poor areas with high unemployment and low wage rates.
- Cultural factors Burkah prevents women from working outside the home.
- A lack of language skills, and foreign qualifications not being recognised by UK employers.
- Racial discrimination in the labour and housing markets
What is the defintion of Cultural Deprivation (CD)?
Where some groups, such as the lower social classes have inferior norms, values, skills and knowledge which hold them back in life.
How can CD have a negative impact on W/C?
Cultural deprivation can have a negative effect on the education of working class children: poor language skills can mean the students struggle to understand what they are taught, and the fact that working class parents do not value education means that their children are less likely to stay on at school post-16.
What are the 3 reasons of CD in W/C + ME?
1) Intellectual and linguistic
2) Attitudes and values
3) Family structure and parental support
What do CD theorists mean by Intellectual and Linguistic?
LWINC child BF means they lack intellectual stimulation and enriching. Poorly equipped for skl as they have not developed reasoning and problem-solving skills.
What did Bereiter and Engelmann argue about the language that is spoken of LWINC blk families?
As inadequate. Its uncapable of expressing abstract ideas.
give a counter argument using GCSE statistics to show that there is isn’t a huge gap between pupils who speak English at home and those who don’t.
Also, what did Gillborn say about Indians
In 2010- English not first lang vs first 52.0% vs 55.2% In GCSES. Also, Gillborn notes that Indian pupils do very well despite eng not first.
How does Attitudes and values affect black pupils achievement?
Lack of motivation major cause of failure of blk ppl
How are different ethnic groups socialised into subcultures? How are black pupils different?
Most ppl Socialised into mainstream cultures, instils ambition, competitiveness, and willingness. In contrast, some Blk ppl socialised into subcultures which instils a fatalistic attitude leading to be unequipped for success.
