Ethnicity and education

Question 1

Gillborn and Mirza - study

Answer 1

effect of social class on ethnic minorities - all mc students outperformed
African Caribbean students performed worse

Question 2

Madood - Cultural Capital

Answer 2

many immigrants have jobs below skill level

able to help children out with homework

Question 3

Criticisms of material deprivation

Answer 3

Doesn’t fully explain all reasons for underachievement

Fails to explain differences between ethnic groups

Question 4

Material deprivation

Answer 4

some ethnic minorities perform worse than others = more than just material factors

Question 5

Entitled to FSM

Answer 5

children offered FSM do worse than other children
25% African Caribbean
12.5% White British

Question 6

Internal Factors - Labelling

Answer 6

AC students labelled as unruly and disrespectful

Gillborn - AC students more likely to be given detentions

Question 7

Internal Factors - labelling - Jesper

Answer 7

Black boys don’t appreciate how white female teachers teach - label them negatively

Question 8

Internal Factors - Subcultures - O’Donnel

Answer 8

Ac students react angrily to white dominated education system
= form subcultures to gain respect from peers
Indian students are greatful

Question 9

Internal Factors - Subcultures - Strand

Answer 9

Street respect - respect gained on the streets not through academia
academia seen as feminine

Question 10

Mirza - Black Girls

Answer 10

Pro education and anti school
didn’t appreciate teachers patronising them
= rebel through uniform

Question 11

Internal Factors - labelling - Fuller

Answer 11

Girls used negative labels as motivation to overcome boundaries

Question 12

Internal Factors - Labelling - Connolly

Answer 12

South Asian boys seen as deviant but bad behaviour went unpunished compared to black boys
= Asian boys find it difficult to gain status

Question 13

Parental Attitudes - Archer and Francis

Answer 13

parents of Chinese students placed high value on education

Question 14

Basit - Study

Answer 14

British Asian communities - attitudes towards education
children 15-16
structured interviews
= placed high value on education and saw it as a blessing
education seen as a capital to hep children achieve in life

Question 15

Sewell - external factors study

Answer 15

students aged 11-15 in London
lack of father figure = gangs (no respect for authority)
links in and out of school factors

Question 16

Criticisms of Sewell

Answer 16

Blames students instead of the education system

fails to acknowledge institutional racism