Ethnic differences sociologists Flashcards
(20 cards)
Who said that ethnic groups are ‘people who share a common history, customs and identity, and see themselves as a distinct unit’ ?
Lawson and Garrod
Who says that white pupils make less progress between 11 and 16 than black or Asian pupils?
Hastings
Who says that language spoken by low-income black American families is inadequate for educational success as it is ungrammatical, disjointed and incapable of expressing abstract ideas?
Bereiter and Englemann
Indian pupils do very well despite often not having English as their home language
Gillbourn and Mirza
lone motherhood means that children are deprived of adequate care as the mother has to struggle financially in the absence of a male breadwinner. Father’s absence as means boys lack an adequate role model of male achievement
Moynihan
Cultural deprivation is a cycle where inadequately socialised children from unstable families go on to fail at school and become inadequate parents
Moynihan
high rate of lone parenthood and lack of positive role models leads to the underachievement of some minorities
Murray
low achievement levels of some EM is the result of a failure to embrace mainstream British culture
Scruton
Asians are higher achievers because their culture is more resistant to racism and gives them a greater sense of self-worth but black Caribbean culture is less cohesive and less resistant to racism. Black pupils have low self-esteem and underachieve as a result of this. These differences are the result of differing impacts of colonialism
Pryce
Underachievement of black boys is due to a lack of fatherly nurturing, peer groups and media produces stereotypes of black men
Sewell
Criticises Sewell by saying that it is not pressure but institutional racism that systematically produces underachievement of black boys
Gillborn
Indian and Chinese pupils benefit from supportive families - ‘Asian work ethic’ / high value on education
Sewell
adult authority in Asian families is similar to the model that operates in schools - respectful behaviour towards adults - parents were more likely to be supportive of school behaviour policies
Lupton
white parents are less supportive of education whilst ethnic minority parents are more likely to see education as “a way up in society”
Lupton
ethnic minority pupils are more likely to aspire to go to university than white British pupils
McCulloch
street culture in white working class areas can be brutal - young people have to learn how to withstand intimidation and intimidate others - school can become a place where street power dynamics are played out which creates disruption
Evans
ignores the positive effects of ethnicity on achievement - black Caribbean family provies girls with positive role models of strong independent women - explains why black girls tend to be more successful than black boys
Driver
challenges Pyrce - black pupils underachieve due to racism
Lawrence
