Ethnicity And Achievement- Social Policy

Question 1

what is the 1940/50 Assimilation Policy ?

Answer 1

immigrant children attending British schools were expected to quickly assimilate. had to attempt to fit into British education system with little support. eg cultural practices(holidays) and language barriers

Question 2

how did the government respond to criticisms of racism ?

Answer 2

introduce multiculturalism with is learning and celebrating a diversity of cultures in the UK

Question 3

what are criticisms of multiculturalism ?

Answer 3

• learning about differences rather than brining those together in cultures
• seeing it as usual

Question 4

what is the alternative approach to multiculturalism ?

Answer 4

anti-racism:
encourages diversity to be integrated into curriculum eg black authors into integrated rather than seen as something different

Question 5

examples of racist policies in education ?

Answer 5

literature syllabus to allow only British authors to be studied which encourages ethnocentric curriculum

Question 6

what did Moore and Davenport say ?

Answer 6

selection procedures lead to segregation as schools cream skim white pupils and silt shift ethnic minority pupils which leads to stratified education system. marketisation led to this bc of league tables and formula funding

Question 7

what is the difference between baseline assessments and foundation stage profile ?

Answer 7

baseline-tested pupils when they started compulsory schooling whilst FSP was at the end of reception

Question 8

what did the assessment game do ?

Answer 8

validated dominant cultures superiority and increased risk of teacher stereotyping

Question 9

what are the 2 access to compensatory education ?

Answer 9

1. gifted and talented
2. aiming higher initiative

Question 10

what is the gifted and talented ?

Answer 10

was created with aim of meeting needs of more able pupils in inner city areas

Question 11

evaluation of gifted and talented

Answer 11

Gilbourn- white students 2x more likely be identified as gifted and talented than black carribean students and 5x more likely than black African

Question 12

what is the aiming high initiative ?

Answer 12

an initiative to raise the attainment of ethnic minority pupils specifically black carribean

Question 13

example of school segregation with ethnicity

Answer 13

Waterhead Academy-
wanted to merge schools to create academy to decrease segregation and bring communities together but had concerns of creating new integrated school with more racism/bullying