Ethnic differences

Question 1

language spoken by low income black American families is inadequate for educational success

Answer 1

Bereiter and Englemann

Question 2

black lone parent families suffer cultural deprivation, financially and because of lack of a male role model making them underachieve

Answer 2

Moynihan

Question 3

absence of tough love from a father figure and peer pressure to conform to tough ghetto image leads to poor attitudes towards education

Answer 3

Sewell

Question 4

adult authority in Asian families similar to the model at school whereby childeren have a respectful attitude towards parents

Answer 4

Lupton

Question 5

Pakistani and Bangladeshi are three times more likely than whites to be in the poorest 20% of population and live in overcrowded households

Answer 5

Flaherty

Question 6

racialised expectations led teachers to label black students and discipline them more than others for the same behavior

Answer 6

Gillborn and Youdell

Question 7

labelling is too deterministic and black girls were able to reject labels- anti school but pro education

Answer 7

Fuller

Question 8

Racist teachers discourage black pupils from being ambitious and so pro education girls could still not achieve

Answer 8

Mirza