ETHNIC DIFFERENCES IN ACHIEVEMENT SCLY2

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What are the three external factors that affect ethic differences in achievement? Cultural deprivation Material deprivation and class Racism in wider society
What are the two main aspects of cultural deprivation? Intellectual and language skills Attitudes, values and family structure
What do cultural deprivation theorists claim children from low income black families lack? Intellectual stimulation
What does this mean they fail to do as a result? Develop problem-solving and reasoning skills
Who argues that the language spoken by poorer black American families is ungrammatical and disjointed? Bereiter and Engelmann
What do Bereiter and Engelmann argue this leaves these children unable to do? Express abstract ideas - a major barrier to educational success
What do some cultural deprivation theorists argue about some children who do not speak English at home? They may be held back educationally
Some cultural deprivation theorists argue that the subculture into which some black children are socialised into is _________ Fatalistic
What is this subculture focused on? Immediate gratification
What does this result in? A lack of motivation to succeed
What may a lack of a male role model in many Afro-Caribbean families lead to? Encouraging boys to form a 'gang-culture'
Who argues that the high rate of lone-parenthood leads to the underachievement in some ethnic minority pupils? Murray
What kind of thinker is Murray? New Right
How does Moynihan expand on this? Absence of a male role model in matrifocal black families means children are inadequately socialised and as a result fail at school
What does Moynihan argue happens to these children because they fail at school? They become inadequate parents themselves and continue a culture of poverty
Who argues that the Black Caribbean culture is less resistant to racism due to the experience of Black History and slavery? Pryce
What does this result in (in terms of young people and achievement)? Pupils have low self esteem and under-achieve as a result
Why does Kahn argue the Asian family is an obstacle to achievement, especially towards girls? Asian parents take a controlling attitude towards girls and as a result they do less well than boys
Why is it argued that white working class pupils also underachieve? - lower aspirations than other ethnic groups - working class subculture - lack of parental support
Which two sociologists gathered evidence that supports this view? Evans and Lupton
What did Lupton study? 4 working class schools with different ethnic compositions
What did the teachers report in the white working class schools? Poorer levels of behaviour and discipline
What did they link this to? The lower levels of parental support and the negative attitudes of working class white parents towards education
Why does Evans argue there is a strong pressure to reject school? There is a street culture in white working class areas that can be brutal and is brought into school
What are the two examples of compensatory education? Operation Head Start, Sure Start
Where did each of these take place? Operation Head Start - USA Sure Start - UK
What was the aim of Operation Head Start? To compensate children for the cultural deficit they are said to suffer because of their deprived background
What was the aim of Sure Start? To support the development of pre-school children in deprived areas
What are the names of the three main criticisms of cultural deprivation? Victim blaming Cultural exclusion Cultural domination
Who makes the argument of victim blaming? Keddie
What is this argument? Ethnic minority pupils are culturally different, not culturally deprived and they underachieve because the school is ethnocentric (biased in favour of the white culture)
What is meant by cultural exclusion? Minority ethnic groups are disadvantaged because they are less aware of how to negotiate in the UK's education system - resulting in cultural exclusion rather than cultural deprivation
Who's argument is this? Ball
What does Gerwitz expand this with? Complex school application forms are an example of cultural exclusion practises
How does compensatory education cause cultural domination? It imposes the dominant white middle-class culture on minority ethnic groups own culture
What is material deprivation? Lack of physical or economic resources that are essential for normal life within society
Pakistanis and Bangladeshis are more likely to be ____ than whites Poor
_____________ is higher for many minorties Unemployment
Pay is ______ and overcrowding in the home more likely for ethnic minorities lower
Which document argues that social class accounts for at least half the difference in educational achievement between ethnic groups? Swann Report - 1985
Which minority groups are most likely to be working class and therefore do worse in education? Bangladeshi and Pakistani
What may material deprivation be a product of? Racism in wider society
Why is this? Members of minority ethnic groups may face discrimination in the jobs and housing market - more likely to have low pay/be unemployed - this affects their childrens educational opportunities
What are the three main internal factors that cause ethnic differences in achievement? - Labelling - Pupil subcultures - Institutional racism
Why may labelling lead to under achievement? Labelling - teachers treat them differently - children at a disadvantage - selffulfilling prophecy - underachievement
What two types of pupils have sociologists studied the labelling of? Black pupils and Asian pupils
Who studied the Black Pupils? Gillborn and Youdell
Gillborn and Youdell found that teachers had ___________ ____________ about black pupils Racialised expectations
What is another word for racialised expectations? Labels
How did teachers view black pupils? - Expected more discipline problems - Saw their behaviour as threatening
Black pupils were more likely to be punished than other for ___ ____ _________ The same behaviour
How did the pupils feel? As though the teachers underestimated their ability and picked on them
What did Gillborn and Youdell conclude that conflict between white teachers and black pupils stemmed from? Racial stereotypes that teachers have (rather than from the pupils actual behaviour)
What are the two reasons why this can cause underachievement? - Higher levels of exclusions of black boys - Black pupils being placed in lower streams or sets
Which two sociologists did studies on Asian pupils? Wright and Connolly
What did Wright find out about Asian primary school pupils? They were stereotyped by their teachers and treated differently
In which 3 ways did this happen? - teachers assumed the kids would have a poor grasp on English and so they used a simplistic language when speaking to them - teachers mispronounced childrens names - teachers saw Asian pupils as a problem that they could ignore
What happened as a result? Asian pupils (especially girls) were marginalised and prevented from participating fully, affecting their self esteem
Connolly found that primary school teachers saw Asian pupils as ______ and _________ Passive and conformist
In Connolly's study, both teachers and pupils saw Asian boys as more _________, _________ and less able to protect themselves Feminine, vulnerable
Pupils may react to labelling by forming a pupil subculture. Who identified 4 types of black boy subcultures? Sewell
What are these 4 types? Conformist, innovators, retreatists and rebels
Which was the largest group? The conformists
Give some characteristics of the conformists Keen to succeed Accepted the schools goals Had friends from different ethnic groups
Which was the second largest group? Innovators
Give some characteristics of the innovators Pro-education, anti-school, valued success but not the teachers approval
What name is given to a tiny minority of isolated individuals that disconnected themselves from the school and from black subcultures outside school? The retreatists
Give some characteristics of the rebels Small but highly visible Rejected the schools goals Conformed to the 'black macho lad' stereotype Despised white boys Despised conformist black boys
What was the rebels' aim? Achieve the status of 'street hood'
Which subculture did teachers tend to see all black boys as? The rebels
What did this discrimination result in? The underachievement of many boys, not just the rebels
Who found a similar response in Asian pupils (explain)? O'Donnell and Sharpe - macho 'warrior' lad among Asian boys - they despised conformist Asian youths as weakings
Who did they study of the black girls in year 11 who continued to work hard despite negative labelling and didn't look for teacher approval? Fuller
What did Mirza find about black girls strategies for dealing with teachers racism? - e.g they didn't ask certain staff for help - this could restrict their opportunities - disadvantaged as a result, even thought they did not accept the negative labels
What is institutional racism? Racism that is built in to the way institutions (schools and colleges) operate on a routine/unconscious basis
How is this different from teacher racism? That is the conscious racism of the teachers
What is meant by ethnocentric? Prioritising the culture of one particular ethnic group while disregarding/downgrading others
Which three sociologists have argued that the curriculum of British schools is ethnocentric? Troyna & Williams David Bell
What do Troyna and Williams argue? It gives priority to white culture and English language
What does David argue? National Curriculum is 'specifically British' - teachers the culture of the 'host community'
What does Ball argue? History curriculum in British schools creates a 'mythical age of empire and past glories' while ignoring the history of Black and Asian people
Who may minority ethnic groups suffer as a result of an ethnocentric curriculum? They may feel as through they and their culture is not valued in education - this lowers their self esteem
Give two other examples of institutional racism, apart from the ethnocentric curriculum Setting and streaming Governing bodies
What did a study on setting and streaming find? Asian pupils constantly placed in lower streams Asian pupils less likely to be entered for GCSE exams
Who did the study on governing bodies? Hatcher
What did Hatcher find? Schools governing bodies gave a low priority to race issues They failed to deal with racist behaviour Lack forms of communication with ethnic minority parents
Who found that governing bodies were disproportionally white? Ranson
The __________ procedures followed by schools can also be a from of institutional racism is they are used in a discriminatory way against minority ethnic groups Selection
Which commission found racism in secondary schools admissions procedures? The Commission for Racial Equality
What was there a lack of? Information or application forms in minority languages
What was there present in entrance interviews? Bias
What process may make this worse? Marketisation
Why is this? Marketisation increases the amount of selection in the education system
What does this create more opportunities for? Negative stereotypes to affect school admissions
What might this make it more difficult for minority pupils to do? Get in to high-achieving schools
What does the education system become as a result? Racially segregated
What schools are minority pupils more likely to be in? Unpopular, unsuccessful schools
What did Gerwitz find that Asian parents did? Self-segregation : avoiding rough schools with a rep for racism, opting for schools they saw as safe and with firm discipline
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