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Sociology - Ethnic differences Internal
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- 1What did Gillborn and Mirza discover?-Black children were the highest achievers when first entering primary school
-They then became the worst results of any ethnic group at GCSEs - 2What were the findings of Gillborn and Youdell?That conflict between White teachers and black students occured as a result of the teachers radical stereotypes rather than the pupils actual behaviour.
- 3Who supports the idea of Gillborn and Youdell?Osler who found that black pupils have a higher rate of official and unofficial exclusions
- 4How does the A to C economy link in with black students achievements?-Teachers place students in sets based on how likely they think the students would get a grade C at GCSE.
-Due to the labelling of teachers, black pupils are more likely to be put in the lower streams/ sets - 5What did Peter Foster believe?-Due to the fact that black pupils are often set in lower sets than there equals, this may lead to a self fulfilling prophecy
- 6Discuss how labelling of asians occured?Cecile Wright discovered that asians, particularly girls, were seen as a problem that they could ignore.
-Teachers may have felt like asians may have been inferior due to their english, leading to them being left out of discussions or spoken to with simple english - 7What are the different pupil identities that Archer came up with?-The ideal Pupil identity
-The pathologised pupil identity
-The demonised pupil identity
-Ethnic minorities are more likely to be in either the pathologised or demonised identity - 8What does dominant discourse mean?The way something is seen
- 9How are Chinese students seen? What phrase best describes this?-They were seen as too quiet, too repressed and too passive
-Although they did achieve good grades, they were achieved the wrong way, by over working and being passive, not by nature - 10How do teachers stereotype asian students backgrounds?-They see chinese families as tight and close, which they think explains the passivity of asian girls
-They see South Asian girls as opressed which leads to their passivity - 11What does the term labelling mean?-To attach a meaning or definition to a person (regardless of how they really are)
- 12What is one way in which students respond to the negative labelling of teachers?-Students may become disruptive and isolate themselves from education as a whole
-Or they could accept the labelling and work extra hard to prove them wrong - 13What was Mac an Ghaill's study on?-The rejection of negative labels
-He studied a group of black girls and came to these conclusions;
-Even though the girls refused to conform they still succeeded
-Negative labelling doesnt always lead to a self fulfilling prophecy
-The only thing the girls conformed to was their work - 14What did Mirza discover about teachers and black girls?-Black ambitious girls were often discouraged by teachers to aim high.
-This discouragement came in different forms (e.g through the advice about careers) - 15What are the three main types of teacher racism and who came up with these?-Mirza
-The colour blind; see all students as equals but allow subtle racism
-The liberal chauvinists; Teachers who believe that black students are culturally deprived and have low expectations
-The overt racist; Those who believe that blacks are inferior and actively discriminate against them - 16What are some strategies that black girls have for avoiding the negativity?-Being selective about the teachers to ask for help
-Not choosing particular subjects
-Getting on with their own work, without participating in class - 17What can you say about the boys response of rebellion that Sewell observed?-The rebels are the most visible group, even though they are only a minority of the black students
-The often conform to the stereotypes of teachers
-They express their opposition to school those that conform - 18What can you say about the boys response of conforming that Sewell observed?-This is the largest group
-They accepted the rules of school
-They had friends from different ethnic groups
-They want to succeed - 19What can you say about the boys response of the retreatists that Sewell observed?-They were segregated from both the school and anti school subcultures
-The were not liked by the rebels - 20What can you say about the boys response of the innovators that Sewell observed?-This was the second largest group
-They wanted to succeed but were anti school
-They only conformed to school work and did not seek approval of school teachers
-They were distant from the conformists, maintained respect with rebels but also had a positive attitude to education - 21Name the main external factor of difference in ethnic differences-Cultural deprivation
-Material deprivation - 22Discuss how intellectual skills may prevent success in ethnic minorities-There is a lack of intellectual stimulation from low income black families
-Reasoning and problem skills are poor
-Children who do not speak English at home may be at a disadvantage - 23Who is Bereiter and Engelmann?-They believe that there is a speech code that low income black americans have
-This is insuitable for the success in education
-It is ungrammatical, disjointed and cant express abstract ideas - 24In terms of cultural deprivation, how does attitudes and values play a part in the achievement of ethnic minorities?-Black children look for love in gangs (sewell)
-Low self esteem (pryce)
-Failure to socialise right (scrunton)
-Just the cycle of poverty (moynihan)
-Fatalism and Immediate G. - 25How may some argue that the familiy structure of black families has an effect on achievement?-The idea that the family is being led by a female lone parent, who struggles financially, sacrificing the care for her children
-Murray would say that this is a lack of a role model which shows the importance of education - 26Who is Moynihan?-A sociologists who believes that cultural deprivation of black children is a cycle
-They are culturally deprived, the are not educated well, they have children, and become uneducated parents - 27Who the hell is Scruton and what is his problem?-He believes that the low achievement of ethnic minorities is due to the fact that they failed to embrace the British mainstream culture
- 28What is Ken Pryce's deal?-He said that we dont do as well due to the impacts of slavery
-That we have low self esteem so we are less likely to challenge racism - 29Alright, lets talk about white people for a quick sec. Why do most white working class pupils underachieve?-The street culture that they have in brought to school. It often puts a lot of pressure in rejecting education
- 30What is the "myth of the black challenge"?-Gillborn says that teachers negatively label black students..... because they are black.
-This may explain why they are more likely to be excluded - 31How may the school curriculum effect ethnic achievement?-The curriculum is sthnocentric
-This means that it is focused on one ethnicity and none else.
-This may make some seem as though there culture is worthless, leading to lower self esteem and achievement
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