Ethnic Differences in educational achievement

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Alevel Education & Research methods Test sobre Ethnic Differences in educational achievement , creado por Jemimah Ali el 18/05/2015.
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Pregunta 1

Pregunta
According to Sewell(1998) - the sub culture ' Conformists ' are the isolated individuals who disconnected themselves from school and black subcultures outside it
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 2

Pregunta
Which two are factors outside of school for ethnic differences in achievement ?
Respuesta
  • material deprivation
  • pupils responses and subculture
  • institutional racism
  • Racism in wider society
  • The ethnocentric curriculum

Pregunta 3

Pregunta
What did Ceil Wright find in her observation of over 1000 pupils ?
Respuesta
  • 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'

Pregunta 4

Pregunta
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
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 5

Pregunta
Black Caribbean, Bangladesh and Pakistani are more likely to be employed
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 6

Pregunta
"Educational failure is due to a dysfunctional family structure" - which statement supports this?
Respuesta
  • 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

Pregunta 7

Pregunta
Which Two are apart of Sewell (1998) black boy subcultures
Respuesta
  • The Time wasters
  • The Rebels
  • The Retreatists
  • The conforming

Pregunta 8

Pregunta
What does Sewell (1998) black boy subcultures show?
Respuesta
  • 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

Pregunta 9

Pregunta
What did Khan (1979) find in Asian Families
Respuesta
  • 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

Pregunta 10

Pregunta
"Theres an ethnocentric curriculum in British History " Stephan Ball (1994)
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 11

Pregunta
A ethnocentric curriculum is a policy or attitude that gives priority to one ethnic group whilst disregarding others
Respuesta
  • True
  • False
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