7Ed ethnicity and education

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what is an ethnic group?
a group of people who share common history, identity and usually language and religion
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what are the two external causes of educational failure?
material and cultural deprivation
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what are the two internal causes of educational failure with ethnicity?
labelling and institutional racism
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what are the 3 parts of material deprivation?
housing, unemployment, and racism in society
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what did Palmer about say about ethnic households?
nearly half of ethnic minority children live in low income households
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what did Platt say about poverty?
70% of Bangladeshi children grow up in poverty
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what percentage of ethnic households are overcrowded?
15%
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what is a criticism of housing?
low income has worse effects on white pupils. ethnic pupils on free school meals still perform better than white pupils on free school meals
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how many times higher is unemployment in which Asian households?
3x higher in Pakistani and Bangladeshi households
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what are the reasons for unemployment in ethnic households?
living in deprived areas, religious rules, lack of language, being asylum seekers
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What did Rex say about racism in society?
ethnic groups are forced into worse accommodation as they are seen as inferior
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what study did Wood conduct about racism in society?
sent job applications to a number of job applications posing as white and ethnic applicants. the white applications were offered interviews more than the ethnic applications
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what is a criticism of unemployment/racism in society?
there are employment laws preventing discrimination
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what are the 3 parts of cultural deprivation?
language skills, attitudes and values, family structure and support
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what did Bernstein say about language?
pupils who dont have English as their first language often have restricted or broken speech
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what is a criticism of language?
schools provide support staff who speak other languages
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what does Gillborn and Mirza say as a criticism to language?
Indian pupils do well even though English isn't their first language
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what are the attitudes of African-Caribbean and Black families like?
African-Caribbean families have fatalistic attitudes that dont value education. Black families with low incomes are less likely to buy educational toys and books
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what did Lupton say about Asian parents as a criticism to attitudes?
Asian parents have a positive attitude to education as they support the discipline of schools
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what did Lupton say about white families?
white working class families have lower levels of parental support and negative attitudes to education
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what did Murray say about black family structures?
black families are often lone mothers who dont provide their children with a male role model to motivate them in education
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what did Pryce say about resistance to racism?
Black pupils are less restistant to racism which makes them likely to underachieve whereas asian pupils are more resistant to racism helping them to achieve better
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what did Sewell say as a criticism to lone parent families?
the absence of fathers is not the issue, it is the fact that this causes black boys to find role models in gangs which creates an anti-school attitude
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what is a criticism of family structures?
lone parent families provide strong female role models
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What did Keddie say as a criticism to cultural deprivation?
it is victim blaming when the real issue is the ethnocentric education system
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what did Lawrence say as a criticism to cultural deprivation?
it hides the fact that racism is the real issue
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what are the two parts of labelling?
teacher labelling and pupil responses
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what did Gillborn find about labelling?
teachers were quicker to discipline African-Caribbean pupils because they saw their behaviour as threatening
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what did Wright find about labelling?
teachers didnt see Asian pupils as a threat but ignored them and were patronising towards them
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what did Archer find about pupil types?
teachers have an image of the ideal pupil who is white and an image of the demonised pupil who is black or white working class and that demonised pupils are likely to be ethnic
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what did Archer say about labelling with Asian pupils?
teachers saw them as too passive and too quiet even though they were high acheiving
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how many more times are black pupils likely to be excluded compared to Indian pupils
37x
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what did Strand say about setting and streaming?
teachers judgements of pupils academic ability was distorted by their perceptions about their behaviour
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what is a criticism of labelling and identities?
teachers are well trained and dont judge and teachers are not racist, it is the education system
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what did Sewell find about pupils responses to labelling?
he found 4 ways in which black boys responded to racism; rebels (rejecting school), conformists (largest group, keen to succeed), retreatists (disconnected from school), innovators (anti-school, pro-education)
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what did Mirza say about black girls responses to teacher racism?
they tried to avoid them which put their education at a disadvantage by restricting their opportunities
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what did Fuller find as a criticism of pupil responses?
she studied black girls in London who were negatively labelled by their teachers as low achievers, finding that they responded by working hard to prove them wrong
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what are the 4 parts of institutional racism
marketisation, ethnocentric curriculum, access to opportunities, assessments
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what is institutional racism?
the things in the education system which put ethnic pupils at a disadvantage?
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what did Moore and Davenport say about marketisation?
application procedures are difficult to understand for non-english families and ethnic pupils fail to get into good schools because of discrimination
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what did the commission of racial equality find about marketisation?
there was lack on information leaflets and application forms in other languages
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what did David say about the curriculum?
the national curriculum is based on the christian calendar and doesnt recognise other faiths
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what did Gillborn say about marketisation?
it allows schools to be more selective, choosing the ideal pupil who is white
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what did Ball say about the national curriculum?
the national curriculum promotes little Englandism by ignoring the history of other cultures
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what did Coard say about the curriculum?
it presents black pupils as inferior
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what is a criticism of the ethnocentric curriculum?
the curriculum has been made more diverse such as teaching children about the 6 world religions
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what did Tickly find about access to opportunities?
black pupils are more likely to be entered into lower tier exams because teachers have low expectations of them
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what did Gillborn say about assessments?
assessments are rigged so that white pupils are always more successful. happened with the FSP where pupils were assessed based on teachers opinions causing more racist stereotypes
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what is a criticism of assessments being rigged?
Chinese and Indian pupils are successful in exams
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