External factors in ethnicity
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- Created on: 01-02-19 10:29
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- External factors effecting ethnicity in education
- Language differences
- Problem for immigrant families when they arrive in the UK
- Many students speak their own language, meaning they struggle to understand our language
- They could experience negative labelling from their accents
- Parental Expectations
- Argued that Black parents are not as interested in their child's educational success
- Study by Inner London Education Authority (ILEA)
- Indian families put pressure on their children to succeed and it has a positive effect
- Afro-Caribbean children sent to Saturday schools because parents were worried about their education
- Pryce: Afro-Caribbean parents have high aspirations for their children
- Bhatti: Some Asian parents were not highly educated and seek the best for their children
- Afro-Caribbean families are often single parents families that result in maternal/ paternal deprivation
- HOWEVER...
- Afro-Caribbean children sent to Saturday schools because parents were worried about their education
- Pryce: Afro-Caribbean parents have high aspirations for their children
- Afro-Caribbean children sent to Saturday schools because parents were worried about their education
- Sewell: Vulnerable to negative influences of peer pressure and join gangs to make up for lack of paternal figure
- Failure is a 'badge of honour' for black pupils
- Murray: Black families do not place importance on British values of education
- HOWEVER...
- Material deprivation
- Many ethnic groups are from a lower social class so often live in poor housing and cannot afford supplies
- Bangladeshi children who failed tend to be from poorer backgrounds
- HOWEVER...
- Mirza found that black girls had a positive self esteem and high aspirations
- Fuller: Afro-Caribbean girls worked hard to gain success
- Pupils may join anti-school subcultures as a result
- Many ethnic groups are from a lower social class so often live in poor housing and cannot afford supplies
- Language differences
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