education ethnicity

Question 1

who are the highest achieving groups

Answer 1

Chinese and Indians asian pupils.
more likely to achieve five or more GCSE grades A* to C better AS results and A level results, stay in ed and largest ethnic groups within uni including white british

Question 2

who are the lowest achieving groups

Answer 2

Black caribbean, pakistani, bangladeshi andGypsy/Roma and irish traveller lower levels of attainment than all other ethnic groups

Question 3

material deprivation

Answer 3

lacking basic nessecties due to poverty

Question 4

cultural deprivation

Answer 4

inadequate socialisation in the home.

Question 5

list the reasons for external ethnic differences in achievement

Answer 5

1. material deprivation
2. cultural depriavtion
3. racism in wider society

Question 6

list the internal reasons for ethnic differences in achievement

Answer 6

1. teacher labelling and racism
2. pupils response to labels and subculture
3. ethnocentric curriculum (and schooling)
4. educationl triage and marketisation

Question 7

evaluation of inside school factors

Answer 7

1. HEATON & LAWSON 1996
   claim racism in schools cannot be a complete explanation.
   Indian & Chinese students expeicne racism yet perform well
   & number of schools have adopted multicultural or anti-racism policies to reduce rasim inside school
2. SEWELL
   recognises that teacher stereotyping can lead to SFP
   but argues external factors - role of peer groups, lack of father figure
   are more important in producing underachievement.

Question 8

evaluation of outside school factors

Answer 8

1. REDUCTIONIST
   too readily blames ppl for own educational failure (victim blame)
   cause of educational under a
   seen as result of deprived culture
   when schools may be to blame
2. DETERMINISTIC
   assume most black/ Bangladeshi/ Pakistani
   households suffer from deprivation
   & will inevitably be passed on
   many indivudals may use their deprivation as a motivator to succeed.

Question 9

what did FLAherty say abt material dep

Answer 9

ethnic minority households have lower income that other ethnic households TF more likely to experience material depriavtion

Question 10

list all the material deprivation stats

Answer 10

-almost 1/2 of all ethnic M children live in low income house holds

• unemployment is 3x higher for African & Bangledeshi/pakistani than whites

-15% of ethnic minorities live in households with overcrowded conditions compared to 2% of whites

-cultural factors sometimes prevent women from working - effects income

-lack of language skills n foreign qualifications not being valued by UK employees & racial discrimination = no choice but to take low paying jobs.

Question 11

who has economic capital according to PLATT 2011

Answer 11

Highest hr rates of pay in full time male work were found in CHINESE AND INDIAN ethic groups

=have more money for tutor, equipment, private schools = better achievement

Question 12

what did archer and francis find in attitudes and values in Chinese homes

Answer 12

parental attitudes placed exceptionally high value on education = British Chinese pupils more successful than any other ethnic group

Question 13

attitudes and values

Answer 13

argues: some ethnic homes somehow deficient as often encourage immediate gratification.

Question 14

what are black and working class white socialised into

Answer 14

subcultures that instil fatalistic live for today attitude

Question 15

RESPONSE TO LABELS FULLER

Answer 15

fuller - black girls
found evidence of negatively stereotyping y11 black girls.
BUT found little evidence of SFP effect.
‘non-conformist’ girls rejected the labelling and used it as a motivator to achieve educational success.

Question 16

what did SEWELL find in response to labels

Answer 16

4 responses to labelling black boys
1. THE REBELS
= most visible but influential group, resisted school develop anti school subculture. high value on truancy lateness bad beh, offers opppotuinity to gain status (black matcho lad)

2. THE CONFORMISTS
   =largest group. keen to succeed avoided being part of subculture or labelled by teachers
3. THE RETREATISTS
   =tiny minority. disconnect from school/subcultures despised rebels
4. THE INNOVATORS
   =2nd largest, pro education but anti school. valued success but dint seek approval from teachers & avoided conformists to maintain credibility to rebels.

Question 17

what did Sewell find teachers tended to do (labelling black boys)

Answer 17

only a minority fit the stereotype of black macho lad but teachers label all black boys this way.
contributes to underachievement of many black boys.

Question 18

which sociologists discussed pupil response to labels and subcultures

Answer 18

fuller girls and sewell boys