Key Sociologists

Question 1

Swann Report

Answer 1

Language of little importance for majority

Question 2

Pilkington

Answer 2

Parental support higher in some ethnic minority groups

Question 3

Lupton

Answer 3

Lower working class white British families disengaged

Question 4

Bhatti

Answer 4

Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and Indian families- parental interest

Question 5

Vincent

Answer 5

Black middle class families involved
Treated by teachers as uninterested or knowing less

Question 6

Moon and Ivins

Answer 6

Parental involvement greater in minority ethnic groups
B + P less confident helping with homework

Question 7

Cline

Answer 7

Racism common among pupils

Question 8

Wright/Connolly

Answer 8

Teacher racism
Asian pupils, esp girls seen as well behaved
Low behavioural expectations of BC, esp boys

Question 9

Gillborn

Answer 9

Low expectations of Black Caribbean students

Question 10

Gillborn and Youdell

Answer 10

Black pupils seen as difficult to control

Question 11

Hall

Answer 11

Culture of resistance amongst black pupils

Question 12

Sewell

Answer 12

Teacher stereotypes of black pupils as anti education
(the rebels + the conformists)

Question 13

Mac an Ghaill

Answer 13

Students can resist negative labels
(survival strategies)

Question 14

Tronya and Williams

Answer 14

Multicultural education and Ethnocentric curriculum