Ethnicity Out Of School Factors

Question 1

Material deprivation

Answer 1

EM at greater risk of unemployment due to maybe lack of language skills, foreign qualifications not recognised and racial discrimination.

Question 2

Material deprivation evaluation

Answer 2

Government introduced policies to tackle this eg bursaries

Question 3

Cultural deprivation- family structure

Answer 3

Moynihan believes black families headed by lone mother deprives children of adequate care and miss out on discipline from dad. This is cycle

Question 4

Family structure evaluation

Answer 4

Pilkinton argues there is danger of ethnocentrism by viewing other cultures as inferior just because they are different

Question 5

Cultural deprivation - attitudes and values

Answer 5

Driver and Ballard says Asian families have high aspirations for their kids, placing a high value on education passing on Asian work ethic

Question 6

Attitudes and values evaluation

Answer 6

Doesn’t explain why Pakistani and Bangladeshi students perform below average on GCSEs

Question 7

Racism in wider society

Answer 7

Wood et al sent 3 closely matched job applications and found 1 in16 EMs offered interviews and 1 in 9 whites
Explains why EMs unemployed having negative effect on child’s education’s prospects

Question 8

Racism in wider society evaluation

Answer 8

Equal opportunities legislation changes help tackle this problem