Ethnicity - External

Question 1

What are the broad external ethnicity cultural deprivation groups?

Answer 1

Intellectual and linguistic skills, attitudes and values, family structure and parental support.

Question 2

Describe intellectual and linguistic skills…

Answer 2

Ethnicity, external, cultural deprivation.

Ethnic minority groups lack adequate stimulation and linguistic development through their socialisation.

Question 3

Bowker 1968

Answer 3

Ethnicity, external, cultural deprivation, intellectual and linguistic skills.
A lack of standard English creates a huge barrier to UK education.

Question 4

Bernstien 1975

Answer 4

Ethnicity, external, cultural deprivation, intellectual and linguistic skills.
Sociolinguistics.

Question 5

Swann Report 1985

Answer 5

Ethnicity, external, cultural deprivation, intellectual and linguistic skills, sociolinguistics.
Language differences had little impact on achievement.

Question 6

Describe Ethnicity, external, cultural deprivation, attitudes and values…

Answer 6

Different ethnic groups are socialised into different attitudes and values…

Question 7

Arnot 2004

Answer 7

Ethnicity, external, cultural deprivation, attitudes and values.
The media have created negative anti-school role models. Black pupils idealise ‘the ultra tough ghetto superstar’ which is reinforced through rap lyrics and MTV videos.

Question 8

Define Ethnicity, external, cultural deprivation, family structure and parental support…

Answer 8

Dysfunctional family types are to blame for under achievement…

Question 9

Moynihan 1965/Murray 1984

Answer 9

Ethnicity, external, cultural deprivation, family structure and parental support.
African Caribbean lone parents, lack of male role-models, mothers struggle to socialise children adequately.

Question 10

Scruton 1986

Answer 10

Ethnicity, external, cultural deprivation, family structure and parental support.
Result of ethnic minorities failing to embrace and conform to British culture.

Question 11

Pryce 1979

Answer 11

Ethnicity, external, cultural deprivation, family structure and parental support.
Asian culture is more cohesive so can ignore racism eg won’t have low self esteem so won’t educationally fail.

Question 12

Hall 1992

Answer 12

Ethnicity, external, cultural deprivation, family structure and parental support.

Slavery, lost language, religion, ancestry, less likely to integrate and assimilate with white M/C ‘culture of resistance’

Question 13

Driver and Ballard 1981

Answer 13

Ethnicity, external, cultural deprivation, family structure and parental support.

Asian families have a pro school attitude compared to black families. Asian families are rarely lone parents hence offering a larger support network.

Question 14

Lupton 2004

Answer 14

Ethnicity, external, cultural deprivation, family structure and parental support.

‘Adult authoritarian’ Asian families matches that of school.

Question 15

Driver 1971

Answer 15

CRITICISM OF
Ethnicity, external, cultural deprivation, family structure and parental support.

Ethnicity can be an advantage in education

Question 16

Keddie 1971

Answer 16

Ethnicity, external, cultural deprivation, family structure and parental support. XRITICISM

To blame culture is to blame the victims if educational failure.

Question 17

Give 3 criticisms of Ethnicity, external, cultural deprivation…

Answer 17

Ignores multiculturalism, relies on generalisations, ignores compensatory education (operation head start, educational priority areas, education action zones and super start).

Question 18

Ethnicity, external, material deprivation Flaherty 2004

Answer 18

15% of minority groups live in overcrowded homes. X3 more likely to be unemployed/poorest 1/5th.

Question 19

Swann report, ethnicity, external, material deprivation…

Answer 19

Social class differences account for a high proportion of differences in achievement between ethnic groups…

Question 20

Mason 1995

Answer 20

Ethnicity, external, racism in society

Discrimination is a continuing or persistent feature of the experience of British citizens of minority ethnic origin.

Question 21

Rex 1986

Answer 21

Ethnicity, external, racism in society

Racism leads to social exclusion, poverty (housing, employment and education) discrimination in and out the Classroom.

Question 22

Noon 1993

Answer 22

Ethnicity, external, racism in society

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