Ethnic differences External

Question 1

What is cultural deprivation

Answer 1

• linguistic skills
• attitudes and values
• family structure and parental support

Question 2

Intellectual and linguistic skills

Answer 2

lack of these skills are major cause of underacheivement for many minority pupils

Question 3

Bernstien (1975)

Answer 3

Argues that ethnic minority groups (mainly lic groups) lack adequate stimulants to develop their linguistic skills

Question 4

Susann report 1985

Answer 4

Language difference had little impact on achievement

Question 5

Golborne and mirza 2000

Answer 5

Indian pupils do well despite not having English as their home language

Question 6

Pryce 1979

Answer 6

Sees fam structure contributing to under achievement in black Careabean

Question 7

MURRAY 1984

Answer 7

High rate of lone parenthood + Lack of a positive male role model leads to underachievement

Question 8

Sewell 2009

Answer 8

Lack of tough love or father nurture

Question 9

Asian families

Answer 9

Lupton 2004
Authority system in the home simular to school

Question 10

Material depreciation and class

Answer 10

Palmer 2012
1/2 live in Low Income House
X2 likely to be unemployed

Economically depressed areas
Culture - women can’t work outside the home

Question 11

Attitudes and values in black pupils
(Cultural deprivation theorist)

Answer 11

Cultural Dep theorist see lack of motivation as major cause of failure for black pupils. Some also argue that some black children socialised into ‘live for today’ attitude that doesn’t value education.