ethnic differences in achievement - cultural deprivation Flashcards
(9 cards)
Bereiter and Engelmann
What do they say about language?
The language used by lower class black families is deficient for educational success. It’s ungrammatical and incapable of expressing absract ideas
What does Pryce say about parental support?
Asian pupils perform better because they’re raised in a culture that is more resistant to racism and gives them a greater sense of self worth, whereas black Caribbean culture is less cohesive and less resistant to racism, and as a result many black pupils have low self-esteem and underachieve.
What does Sewell say about fatherless boys?
Sewell (2009) argues the problem isn’t the absence of the father for black boys that leads to underachievement; it’s a lack of ‘tough love’ and adequate discipline. Street gangs of other fatherless boys offer black boys ‘perverse loyalty and
love’, who present boys with a media-inspired role model of anti-school black masculinity
this leads to black boys thinking that speaking in standard English and doing well at school being viewed with suspicion and
is seen as ‘selling out’ to the white establishment
insitutional racism
How does Gillborn criticise Sewell?
Argues that it is not peer
pressure, but institutional racism within the education system itself that systematically produces the failure of large numbers of black boys.
Victim blaming
How does Keddie criticse the cultural deprivation theory?
Sees cultural deprivation as a
victim-blaming explanation. She argues that ethnic minority children are culturally different, not culturally deprived. They under-achieve because schools are ethnocentric (biased in favour of white culture and against minorities).
smilar to schools
What did Lupton say about adult authority asian families?
adult authority in Asian families is similar to the model that operates in schools i.e. respectful behaviour towards adults was expected from the children, and in turn parents were more likely to be supportive of school behaviour policies
Who places high value on education?
Archer and Francis
Found that parents of Chinese pupils placed an exceptionally high value on education
Evidence to show Asian pupils still perform well despite being labelled? (criticises Wright/Lupon)
Gov.uk website between 2022-2023 Chinese had the highest % of pupils achieving a grade 4 and above in GCE maths with 91.8% of girls and 85% of boys
This shows Chinese pupils are able to overcome their label and achieve academic success and are not defined by their teachers limited expectations of them
Who criticises cultural deprivation theory for ignoring the positive effects?
Driver (1977) criticises the cultural deprivation theory for ignoring the positive effects of ethnicity on achievement. The black Caribbean
family could actually provide girls with positive role models of strong independent women. He argues that this is why black girls tend to be more successful in education than black boys
