Ethnic differences in Education (Internal + External)

Question 1

Parental support - Asian Families:

Basit - ?

Answer 1

Indian + Pakistani families have a culture of promoting educational capital to obtain social mobility

Question 2

Parental support - Asian families:

Bhatti - ?

Answer 2

Parents were more supportive of children’s education and had a higher level of interest

Question 3

Chinese families:

Francis - ?

Answer 3

Place a higher value on education by both parents + children regardless of social class

Question 4

Black families:

Sewell - ?

Answer 4

59% of black children come from lone parent families, compared to 22% of white children

Question 5

Black families:

Vincent - ?

Answer 5

Black m/c parents had high levels of interest in child’s education and their achievement.

Question 6

Muslim boys:

Archer - ?

Answer 6

Examined the rejection felt by Muslims boys in education

Identified w/ black culture

Macho-subculture focused on male dominance.

Question 7

Patterns of achievement: 2020-21:

Highest attainment scores of 70% were obtained by who?

Answer 7

Chinese pupils

Question 8

Patterns of achievement: 2020-21:

Around the UK who approximately achieved higher than the national average?

Answer 8

Asian pupils

Question 9

Patterns of achievement: 2020-21:

What group of pupils underachieved through scoring 44%-48.3%

Answer 9

Black Caribbean pupils

Question 10

Labelling + teacher racism:

Gillborn and Youdell - ?

Answer 10

Teachers are quicker to discipline black pupils as teachers have ‘racialised expectations’.

In turn, black pupils feel that teachers underestimate them and pick on them.

Question 11

Mirza: What are the 3 types of racist teachers?

Answer 11

Colour blind: Teachers who believe all pupils are equal but does not challenge racism that they witness.

Liberal chauvinist: Teachers who believe Black pupils are culturally deprived and have low expectations of them.

Overt racists: Teachers who believe that black people are inferior and actively discriminate against them.

Question 12

Archer: Found that teachers construct three student identities according to their ethnicity.

What are they?

Answer 12

Ideal pupil - White, m/c, heterosexual.

Pathologised pupil - Asian, ‘deserving poor’, asexual and a conformist

Demonised pupil - Black/white w/c, hypersexualised, unintelligent, culturally deprived.

Question 13

Mary Fuller: Black girls in London comprehensive school.

What did this study find?

Answer 13

Black girls = high achievers.
Instead of internalising negative stereotypes, they channel their anger into educational success.
Pro-education subculture > anti-school subculture.
Maintained relationships w/ lower streamed pupils.
Only conform to school work, not school rules.
Relied on their own abilities to pass exams.

Question 14

What are Tony Sewell’s response of black boys to teacher racism?

Answer 14

Rebels - Small minority, reject goals, anti-authority ‘black macho lad’, identify with hegemonic masculinity.

Conformists - Largest group, accept goals and rules, keen to succeed, avoid stereotypes

Retreatists - Tiny minority, isolated individuals, disconnected from schools and subcultures.

Innovators - Second largest group, pro-education, but anti-school, only conform to schoolwork but not school rules