PAPER 1 (Education (Ethnic differences - theories)

Question 1

Bereiter and Engelmann (1966)

Answer 1

Language spoken my low income black American families is inadequate - ungrammatical, disjointed and incapable of expressing abstract ideas.

Question 2

Gladstone primary

Answer 2

Kids speaking English as a second language is not seen as bad but as a good thing. They have bilingual teaching assistants.

Question 3

Lupton (2004)

Answer 3

Asian families are structured in a way closer to school, and adults are respected.

Question 4

Sewell (2009)

Answer 4

Black pupils (particularly boys) are more likely to be excluded. Black pupils are 1.5x more likely to be identified with a behavioural need than white pupils.

Question 5

Evans (2006)

Answer 5

White W/C pupils often underachieve and have low aspirations.

Question 6

Lawrence

Answer 6

Not a problem of ‘black culture’ it’s a problem of racism.

Question 7

Palmer (2012)

Answer 7

. Almost 1/2 of all ethnic minority children live in low income households.
. Almost 1/2 of Bangladeshi workers earned under £7 per hour compared with 1/4 of white workers.

Question 8

Noon (1993)

Answer 8

Sent identical letters to the top 100 UK firms, one signed ‘Evans’ and one ‘Patel’. Firms were more encouraging to the white candidate.

Question 9

Gillborn (2000)

Answer 9

Black pupils started off in primary school as very smart and underachieved in secondary.

Question 10

Archer (2008)

Answer 10

The ideal pupil, The pathologised pupil & The demonised pupil

Question 11

Mirza

Answer 11

Studied ambitious black girls who faced teacher racism. Found racist teachers discouraged black pupils from being ambitious. She identified 3 types of racism:
The colour blind
The liberal chauvinists
The overt racists

Question 12

Mac an Ghaill

Answer 12

Study of black and Asian ‘A level students’ at a sixth form college. Students who believed they had been labelled rejected this label.

Question 13

David

Answer 13

Says that the National Curriculum is ‘specifically British’. It ignores non-European languages and culture.