Ethnicity-External Factors

Question 1

What is material deprivation?

Answer 1

Lack of money and resources needed for educational success

Question 2

Flaherty:

What did they say about ethnic minority’s and material deprivation?

Answer 2

• argued that ethnic minorities are more likely to suffer from material deprivation.
• Pakistanis and Bangladeshis=poorest
• unemployment is higher in ethnic minority’s.
• ethnic minority’s=crowded household

Question 3

What is cultural deprivation/cultural capital?

Answer 3

Lacking the right norms and values for educational success

Question 4

Pryce:
What did they say?

HINT-BLACK CARRIBEAN

Answer 4

•argues that the family structure of Black Caribbean families contribute to the underachievement of Black Caribbean pupils in Britain.

Question 5

Lupton:
What did they say?

HINT-ASIAN ADULTS…

Answer 5

• Asian adults authority (parents) is similar to the model found at schools (teachers)
• children are respectful of authority at home which is replicated at school.

Question 6

Racism: what does it lead to?

What did rex say about housing?

Answer 6

Racism
•leads to social discrimination and exclusion.
•it worsens the poverty faced by ethnic minorities.

Housing (rex)
•discrimination means minorities are more likely to be forced into substandard accommodation than white people of the same class.

Question 7

How do languages affect achievement?

Answer 7

EAL: English as an additional language.

• teachers assume that they have a poor grasp of English and left them out of class discussions.
• used simplistic language around them.

Question 8

How do differences in IQ affect educational achievement?

Answer 8

• IQ tests showed that African Carribian’s scored 16 points lower than whites .
• blacks underperform because of the discrimination that exists for them.