intellectual and language skills- this theory claims that children
from low income black families lack intellectual stimulation. also
many do not know english well therefore are at a disadvantage in
the educational system.
attitudes, values and family structure- 1. the lack of a male role modes-
MURRAY, high rates of lone parent families means that boys are unaware of
the importance elf getting a job therefore do not try in school. 2. the impact of
slavery, PRYCE, the balck carrabean culture is less resistant to racism
because of the experience of slavery, the fore they have lower self esteem
and are more likely to underachieve in school. 3. fatalism and immediate
gratification, some claim that the sub-culture to which black people are being
socialised in is fatalistically and focuses on immediate gratification, therefore
they lack the motivate to succeed.
while working class pupils- many have found that white
working class pupil still underachieve, LUPTON suggests that
teachers report poorer levels of behaviour which is linked to a
lack of parental support. EVANS, street sub-cultures has
strong pressure to reject school.
criticisms
victim blaming- KIDDIE argues that schools are ethnocentric, they
are bias in favour of whites
cultural exlusion- BALL, black parents do not
know how to negotiae in the british educational
system therefore they are at a disadvantage.
material deprivation and class
pakistanis are more
likely to be poor
therefore they can not
afford substantial
housing.
racism in wider society
racisl discrimination in jobs-
social exclusion- employment,
little money- effects children's
achievement.
internal factors and ethnic differences
labelling
GILLBORN AND YOUDELL found that teachers had racial
expectations of poor behaviour of black pupils therefore found
them as threatening and punished then harshly.
institutional racism
TROYNA AND WILLIAMS argues that the national
curriculum gives priority to white people.