Ethnicity and Educational Achievement

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  • Created on: 05-06-22 09:20
Which ethnic minorities are the highest achieving at GCSE level?
Chinese and Indian Asian pupils
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Which ethnic minorities are lowest achieving at GCSE level?
Black Caribbean, Pakistani, Bagladeshi, and Roma and Traveller-of-Irish-heritage pupils
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What are some external factors explaining ethnic differences in educational achievement?
Racism and social class differences
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How much more likely than White British are ethnic minorities to be in poverty?
Ethnic minorities are twice as likely to live in poverty as White British. So all social class factors affecting education apply again.
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How does societal racism impact pupils?
It can lower self esteem which influences their motivation and behaviour
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What are some internal factors affecting ethnic minorities in education?
Ethnocentrism, language differences, anti-school subcultures and teacher expectations
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What affect do language differences have on a minority of ethnic minority pupils?
They can make communication with teachers more difficult which teachers may link to academic ability. It can also make schoolwork harder.
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How might racism inside the school manifest and what effect does it have on ethnic minorities?
Pupil racism can involve race-related bullying or namecalling which can lower self esteem. Teahcers may also hold racist stereotypes which see them ignore or label certain groups as distruptive (Gillbourn & Youdell 1999)
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How might minority ethnic groups react to racism or labelling inside of school?
They may form anti-school subcultures
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Why might the school curriculum disadvantage ethnic minorities?
The ethnocentric curriculum and organisation of schools to fit around white middle class culture can marginalise other cultures
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Which ethnic minorities are lowest achieving at GCSE level?

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Black Caribbean, Pakistani, Bagladeshi, and Roma and Traveller-of-Irish-heritage pupils

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What are some external factors explaining ethnic differences in educational achievement?

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How does societal racism impact pupils?

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