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Ethnic Differences in educational achievement

Jemimah Ali 11 questions

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  1. 1According to Sewell(1998) - the sub culture ' Conformists ' are the isolated individuals who disconnected themselves from school and black subcultures outside it
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  2. 2Which two are factors outside of school for ethnic differences in achievement ?
    1. Amaterial deprivation
    2. Bpupils responses and subculture
    3. Cinstitutional racism
    4. DRacism in wider society
    5. EThe ethnocentric curriculum
  3. 3What did Ceil Wright find in her observation of over 1000 pupils ?
    1. AAsian pupils were left out in class discussions, as Teachers assumed they had a poor grasp of English
    2. BTeachers negatively labelled black pupils and expected them to present more discipline problems and misinterpreted their behaviour as threatening or as a challenge to authority
    3. CBlack girls channelled their anger about being labelled into the pursuit of educational success
    4. DBlack children had lack of motivation and had an attitude of 'live for today'
  4. 4According 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
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  5. 5Black Caribbean, Bangladesh and Pakistani are more likely to be employed
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  6. 6"Educational failure is due to a dysfunctional family structure" - which statement supports this?
    1. AGeoffrey(1977) - This ignores the positive effects
    2. BCharles Murray - High rate of lone parenthood and lack of positive male role model in black families, could lead to educational achievement
    3. CLawrence(1982) - Black pupils do not fail because of low self esteem, but instead because of racism
    4. DCharles Murray - High rate of lone parenthood and lack of positive male role model in black families, could lead to educational underachievement
  7. 7Which Two are apart of Sewell (1998) black boy subcultures
    1. AThe Time wasters
    2. BThe Rebels
    3. CThe Retreatists
    4. DThe conforming
  8. 8What does Sewell (1998) black boy subcultures show?
    1. ATeachers saw black boys as one culture
    2. BShows not all black boys live up to teachers negative expectations
    3. CUnderachievement for only The Rebels
    4. DTeachers did not racially have assumptions for black boys and they were just making it up
  9. 9What did Khan (1979) find in Asian Families
    1. AAsians were not involved in classroom discussions because teachers assumed they had a poor grasp of english
    2. BAsians underachieve because teachers were racist
    3. CAsian parents are most likely than white parents to support the schools behaviour policies
  10. 10"Theres an ethnocentric curriculum in British History " Stephan Ball (1994)
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse

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Alevel Education & Research methods Quiz on Ethnic Differences in educational achievement , created by Jemimah Ali on 18/05/2015.
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