Ethnicity

Question 1

Statistics

Answer 1

Average attachment 8 score out of 90
- Chinese 69.2 %
-black 50%
-white 50.2%

73.7 % of white population go to higher education
7.5% of black population go to higher education

Pakistani and Bangladeshi are 3x more likely to have material deprivation and are in the 1/5 of poorest in the uk

Question 2

Internal factors impacting ethnicity success in education

Answer 2

Labelling

SCs

Ethnocentric curriculum

Institutional racism

Selection and segregation

Language

Question 3

External factors

Answer 3

Cultural deprivation

Attitudes and values

Family structure / support

Racism in wider society

Question 4

Bernstein

Answer 4

Language

Lack adequate stimulation and linguistic skills and development through their socialisation

Bernstein - restrictive / elaborative code

Question 5

What did the schwann report say about language

Answer 5

Had little impact on achievement

Question 6

Driver and ballards study

Answer 6

Found Asian pupils who spoke different language at home were as good as English classmates at speaking English by the age of 16

Question 7

How does arnot suggest black ethnic minorities have been impacted by media in education

Answer 7

Suggests that media has created an anti school role model for black pupils that’s reinforced by rap lyrics and MTV

Question 8

Driver and ballard said about family structure

Answer 8

Driver and ballard- Asian parents have more positive views towards education and are more supportive

OTOH - Khan - said Asian families are stress ridden and controlled by tradition especially for girls

Question 9

Rex

Answer 9

Said that racism in wider society links to education because discrimination and lack of opportunity’s discourage from education

Question 10

Sociologists link to ethnocentric curriculum

Answer 10

Troyna and Williams- describe school as ethnocentric for prioritising British culture
Ball - argues that school curriculum focuses on little Englandism by ignoring Asian and black history
AO2 - History focuses on English/ eurocentricsm
A03 - black history month
However not diverse in terms of other ethnic groups

Question 12

Gilbourn and institutional racism

Answer 12

Gilbourn - argues marketisation policies and power to select pupils leaves ethnic minorities at a disadvantage by using primary school data

Question 13

Studies related to labelling

Answer 13

Gilbourn - teachers quicker to discipline black over white for same behaviour

Wright - found teachers spoke to Asian pupils as if they didn’t understand English and would end up being left put in class discussions

Mirza - wrote about the myth of underachievment for black girls .found no evidence for labelling undermining their self esteem

Mac and Ghail- found ethnic minority SCs were against school as an institution partly to do with racism but were people education

Question 15

What did sewell say about SCs

Answer 15

Black Boys formed anti school aggressive subcultures

Question 16

Moore and davenport and institutional racism

Answer 16

Found that selection procedures in US leads to ethnic segregation using primary school data

Question 17

Hatcher

Answer 17

Found school governing bodies failed to deal with racism in school

Question 18

Sociologists and studies linked to cultural deprivation

Answer 18

Bernstein

Bereiter and engelmenn

Swann report

Driver and ballard