Topic Three Flashcards
What are the external main factors for ethnic differences in achievement?
Cultural deprivation,material deprivation,Racism in wider society
What are the factors of cultural deprivation that affect ethnic differences in achievement
Intellectual and linguistic skills,attitudes and values,family structure and parental support
What do Bereiter and Englemann believe?
[Intellectual and linguistic skills]
The language spoken by low income black American families is inadequate for educational success
What does Moynihan say?
[Family structure and parental support]
Many black families are headed by a lone mother which means boys do not have a male role model to look up to.
What does Sewell believe
Asian and Chinese students benefit from supportive families having an Asian work ethic and placing high emphasis on education.
What did Lupton find out
Ethnic minorities are more likely to see education as a way up in society.
Which theorist says black pupils underachieve not because of low self esteem but because of racism
Lawrence
What did Palmer find out
Ethnic minorities are x3 more likely to be homeless.Ethnic minorities are x2 as likely to be unemployed compared to whites.
What are the internal main factors for ethnic differences in achievement
Labelling,pupil identities,pupil subcultures,institutional racism
Which theorist says teachers are quicker to discipline black pupils as a result of racialised expectations
Gillborn and Youdell
What did Wright find out
Teachers assumed Asian pupils had a poor grasp of English and left them out of group discussions
What 3 pupil identities did archer find out
Ideal pupil-a white middle class masculinisied identity with a normal sexuality
Pathologised pupil- Asian feminised identity either asexual or with an oppressed sexuality
Demonised pupil- black or white working class hypersexualised identity
What did Mac and Ghaill find out
[Pupil responses]
Black and Asian A-level pupils didn’t always accept the label they felt the teacher had placed on them
Define institutional racism
Discrimination that is built into the way institutions work
Which theorist found out Selection procedures can lead to ethnic segregation which leads to an ethnically stratified system
Moore and Davenport
