Ethnicity and educational acheivment

Question 1

In what culture may boys often acheive better than girls

Answer 1

African carribean
Muslim

Question 2

What group is most entitled to FSM

Answer 2

Black carribean

Question 3

Who beleives that Chinese parents place a high status on education

Answer 3

Archer and Francis

Question 4

Who found that some groups placed high status on education because they thought it was a gift that it was free which it was not in their home country.

Answer 4

Basit
India and Pakistani - older generations

Question 5

Who blames absent fathers for black boys ill behaviour

Answer 5

Sewell
More attracted to being macho lads and gangs.

Question 6

What is a critic of Sewell

Answer 6

Ignores the inequalities in school which may push black students to gags in 1st place

Question 7

How many white wc boys on FSM acheived 5 or more GCSE at c or above in 2007

Answer 7

24%

Question 8

Who believes schools are institutionally racist and teachers (maybe without realising) contribute by streaming black kids in lower sets

Answer 8

Gillbourn

Question 9

What did Gillbourn find about black cultures

Answer 9

Teachers see it as a challenge to their authprity - eg slang dress
Goes against white fema;e teacher’s style of teaching

Question 10

How do black and South Asians differ

Answer 10

South Asians may get angry at institutional racism but ultimatally accept it is needed for a career
May however make Asians feel more isolated and enjoy school less

Question 11

Who found that girls recieved same stereotypes but reacted differently

Answer 11

Mirza - black girls acheive to stick it to the teachers instead of rebelling

Question 12

What is the experience of a South Asian girl

Answer 12

Conolly - SA often overlooked, may be labelled as passive. Many teachers thought they didn’t care about school (cultural perception of marriage) leading to self fulfilling prophecy and slightly ignores

Question 13

What is a problem with the national curriculum

Answer 13

Some believe it to be ethnocentric and use old colonial imagery of ethnic minorities, while black art and music is ignored. Made worse by 2014 coalition gov, introducing more Shakespeare leaving less room for minorities.

Question 14

What is wrong with blaming the curriculum

Answer 14

Teaches people the British values of the country increasing social solidarity
Swann report shows it doesn’t actually affect the self esteem of black students