Ethnicity in Education

Question 1

Language

Answer 1

MODOOD
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Bangladeshi and Pakistani’s lack fluency in English so unable to understand teachers or curriculum

WILLIAM LABOV
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Bangladeshi suffer the worst in terms of fluency in English.

Black pupils have good lingustic skills if encouraged.

MAC AND GHAIL
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Studied afro-caribbean ‘Rasta Heads’
in junior school they had high linguistic skills

Question 2

Language

EVALUATION

Answer 2

Gillborn and Mirza - lack of fluency doesnt prevent Chinese and Indian students from suceeding (outperform White British students)

Mac and Ghail - in secondary school they create a resistance

Question 4

Parents Support / Attitudes

EVALUATION

Answer 4

Gillborn - Black pupils start with the highest reading rates but leave underperforming

Pilkington - cant generalise, why Pakistani groups underperform

Question 5

Peer Group Culture

Answer 5

TONY SEWEL
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Black males have pressure placed on them by peers to be Anti-School

Hyper Masculinity

copy role models in rap culture

Question 6

Peer Group Culture

EVALUATION

Answer 6

Lee Jasper - cant be applied just to Afro-Caribbean youth, white youth also buy into rap culture

Question 7

Institutional Racism

Answer 7

GILLBORN
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Black males are seen as a threat and disruptive

Negatively sterotyped and labelled

3x more likely to be excluded

GILLBORN AND BALL
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MC parents can guide their children through racist setting and streaming by using cultural capital

PILKINGTON
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Found evidence of racially discriminatory practices in the allocation of pupils in setting and streaming

Question 8

Institutional Racism

EVALUATION

Answer 8

Mirza - Black Girls work hard and resist labels to prove teachers wrong

Question 9

Parents Support / Attitudes

Answer 9

DRIVER & BALLARD
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South Asian parents = high aspirations
push children to be sucessful & work hard

KEN PRYCE
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80% of black families are single parent families headed by women

Strong female role model