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Ethnic Differences in educational achievement

Ethnic Differences in educational achievement

Question 1 of 11

1

According to Sewell(1998) - the sub culture ' Conformists ' are the isolated individuals who disconnected themselves from school and black subcultures outside it

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 2 of 11

2

Which two are factors outside of school for ethnic differences in achievement ?

Select one or more of the following:

  • material deprivation

  • pupils responses and subculture

  • institutional racism

  • Racism in wider society

  • The ethnocentric curriculum

Explanation

Question 3 of 11

1

What did Ceil Wright find in her observation of over 1000 pupils ?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Asian pupils were left out in class discussions, as Teachers assumed they had a poor grasp of English

  • Teachers negatively labelled black pupils and expected them to present more discipline problems and misinterpreted their behaviour as threatening or as a challenge to authority

  • Black girls channelled their anger about being labelled into the pursuit of educational success

  • Black children had lack of motivation and had an attitude of 'live for today'

Explanation

Question 4 of 11

1

According to Flecherty (2004) , Minority ethnic groups are more likely than white people to live in low income households and to be in the poorest fifth of the population

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 5 of 11

1

Black Caribbean, Bangladesh and Pakistani are more likely to be employed

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 6 of 11

1

"Educational failure is due to a dysfunctional family structure" - which statement supports this?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Geoffrey(1977) - This ignores the positive effects

  • Charles Murray - High rate of lone parenthood and lack of positive male role model in black families, could lead to educational achievement

  • Lawrence(1982) - Black pupils do not fail because of low self esteem, but instead because of racism

  • Charles Murray - High rate of lone parenthood and lack of positive male role model in black families, could lead to educational underachievement

Explanation

Question 7 of 11

2

Which Two are apart of Sewell (1998) black boy subcultures

Select one or more of the following:

  • The Time wasters

  • The Rebels

  • The Retreatists

  • The conforming

Explanation

Question 8 of 11

1

What does Sewell (1998) black boy subcultures show?

Select one of the following:

  • Teachers saw black boys as one culture

  • Shows not all black boys live up to teachers negative expectations

  • Underachievement for only The Rebels

  • Teachers did not racially have assumptions for black boys and they were just making it up

Explanation

Question 9 of 11

1

What did Khan (1979) find in Asian Families

Select one of the following:

  • Asians were not involved in classroom discussions because teachers assumed they had a poor grasp of english

  • Asians underachieve because teachers were racist

  • Asian parents are most likely than white parents to support the schools behaviour policies

Explanation

Question 10 of 11

1

"Theres an ethnocentric curriculum in British History " Stephan Ball (1994)

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 11 of 11

1

A ethnocentric curriculum is a policy or attitude that gives priority to one ethnic group whilst disregarding others

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

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