education-ethnicity

Question 1

moynihan

Answer 1

black pupils struggle financially they are lead by single mothers

Question 2

murray

Answer 2

lack of male role model leads to underachievement

Question 3

pryce

Answer 3

asians do well as there culture is resistant to racism whereas black students do worse due to having there culture destroyed by colonialism

Question 4

bereiter and englemann

Answer 4

language spoke by low income black families is inadequate

Question 5

sewell

Answer 5

as a result of not having a male role model black boys are drawn to the loyalty of gangs which presents boys with an anti school black masculinity

Question 6

criticisms of sewell

Answer 6

-he blames black people for there underachievement rather than criticising the system
-fergerson -black pupils needed to change there identity to fit in with the idea of the ideal pupil

Question 7

sewell -asian family

Answer 7

benefit from supportive families and have an asian work ethic which places higher value on education

Question 8

lupton

Answer 8

adult in charge of family in asian households mimics the authority on school

Question 9

mcculloch

Answer 9

ethnic minorities have higher aspirations than white working class

Question 10

lepton - white wc

Answer 10

low level of aspiration was due to a lack of parental support

Question 11

palmer

Answer 11

half of ethnic minorities live in low income households while only a quarter of white children

Question 12

rex

Answer 12

racism lead to social exclusion which worsened poverty

Question 13

wood

Answer 13

job interviews - white names more likely to get accepted for a job

Question 14

ethnocentric curriculum

Answer 14

curriculum is entered around britishness eg learning western sports and history and only having breaks for christian holidays

Question 15

mirza and gilbourn

Answer 15

black students began primary as the highest achievers but left secondary as the worst they believe this is due to labelling

Question 16

gillbourn and youdell

Answer 16

teachers are quicker to discipline black students due to radicalised expectations leading the black pupils to feel like they are being picked on

Question 17

bourne

Answer 17

schools see black students as a threat so they negatively label them which leads to high levels of exclusion

Question 18

olser

Answer 18

black students suffer unofficial exclusion which reduces there lesson time and ability to learn

Question 19

foster

Answer 19

teachers black black students in lower sets causing sfp

Question 20

wright

Answer 20

teachers believe asians had bad grasp of english so they speak to them simply they weren’t seen as a threat and often ignored

Question 21

archer

Answer 21

white students see as the ideal pupil
asians seen as pathologies pupil
blacks seen as demonised

Question 22

fuller

Answer 22

achieving black girls challenged there label for educational achievement and didn’t seek teacher approval

Question 23

mirza

Answer 23

3 types of teachers
colour blind -all students equals
liberal chauvinists-low expectations of black students
overt racist -black student inferior and would discriminate

Question 24

sewell -labelling

Answer 24

black boys into 4 categories
-the rebels:small but influential often hated school
-the conformist: large group try fitting in
-the retreatists :small isolated from school and despised by rebels
-innovators:large anti school but pro education

Question 25

moore and davenport

Answer 25

admissions procedures favoured white students over ethnic minorities

Question 26

coard

Answer 26

black culture is taught as primitive and white culture is taught as innovative