According to Sewell(1998) - the sub culture ' Conformists ' are the isolated individuals who disconnected themselves from school and black subcultures outside it
Which two are factors outside of school for ethnic differences in achievement ?
material deprivation
pupils responses and subculture
institutional racism
Racism in wider society
The ethnocentric curriculum
What did Ceil Wright find in her observation of over 1000 pupils ?
Asian pupils were left out in class discussions, as Teachers assumed they had a poor grasp of English
Teachers negatively labelled black pupils and expected them to present more discipline problems and misinterpreted their behaviour as threatening or as a challenge to authority
Black girls channelled their anger about being labelled into the pursuit of educational success
Black children had lack of motivation and had an attitude of 'live for today'
According to Flecherty (2004) , Minority ethnic groups are more likely than white people to live in low income households and to be in the poorest fifth of the population
Black Caribbean, Bangladesh and Pakistani are more likely to be employed
"Educational failure is due to a dysfunctional family structure" - which statement supports this?
Geoffrey(1977) - This ignores the positive effects
Charles Murray - High rate of lone parenthood and lack of positive male role model in black families, could lead to educational achievement
Lawrence(1982) - Black pupils do not fail because of low self esteem, but instead because of racism
Charles Murray - High rate of lone parenthood and lack of positive male role model in black families, could lead to educational underachievement
Which Two are apart of Sewell (1998) black boy subcultures
The Time wasters
The Rebels
The Retreatists
The conforming
What does Sewell (1998) black boy subcultures show?
Teachers saw black boys as one culture
Shows not all black boys live up to teachers negative expectations
Underachievement for only The Rebels
Teachers did not racially have assumptions for black boys and they were just making it up
What did Khan (1979) find in Asian Families
Asians were not involved in classroom discussions because teachers assumed they had a poor grasp of english
Asians underachieve because teachers were racist
Asian parents are most likely than white parents to support the schools behaviour policies
"Theres an ethnocentric curriculum in British History " Stephan Ball (1994)
A ethnocentric curriculum is a policy or attitude that gives priority to one ethnic group whilst disregarding others