Ethnicity And Achievement - Parents Support/attitude And Family Life

Question 1

Driver And Ballard

Answer 1

Argue that south Asian parents have high aspirations for their children and psh them to work hard and be successful

Question 2

Ken pryce

Answer 2

59% of black Caribbean children live in lone parent families compared to 22% of white children, he argued this means backlash boys ‘lack’ a male role model

Question 3

Tony Sewell

Answer 3

One reason for black Caribbean underperformance is absent fathers
A lack of male role models makes it harder to adopt the demand of school

Question 4

Usefulness

Answer 4

Consider parents can be a positive resource for homework and revision

They can explain the 21% gender gap in the Africa Caribbean community because having a strong female role model could be an asset for girls

Question 5

EVAL
pilkington

Answer 5

You can’t generalise to all south Asian groups there is a huge difference in achievements

Question 6

EVAL -GILLBORN

Answer 6

Remind us that black Afro Caribbean boys start school with one of the highest reading rate
this suggest the problem is not at home