Ethnicity: Inside Of School Factors, Flaws In The Education System - Structural

Question 1

Abbott

Answer 1

• statistics mask the fact that black boys face high exclusion rates in schools
• Children are educated in schools not at home meaning that culture and external factors cannot be blamed for the underachievement of black males
• The curriculum does not do enough to be inclusive for example black history month is not enough, the curriculum should be adapted to cover all aspects of history

Question 2

Coard

Answer 2

• develop the idea that the school curriculum is ethnocentric meaning that the curriculum is based around one particular cultural viewpoint (white British) while ignoring others
• What history and literature come to dominate the curriculum and teachers were found to be dismissive of non-standard English as a way of speaking and the culture of ethnic minorities is the valued and students become demotivated as they cannot fully identify with the course content