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1
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What are the top 3 performing ethnicities at GCSEs?

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  1. Chinese (78%)
  2. Indian
  3. White British (60%) + Asians
2
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What are the 2 lowest performing ethnicities at GCSEs?

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  1. Traveller of Irish heritage/ Gypsy (15%)

2. Black Caribbean (52%)

3
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What mustn’t you do when talking about ethnicities?

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GROUP THEM ALL TOGETHER

= DEA BETWEEN DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS

4
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What do cultural deprivation theorists argue is a major cause of underachievement in ethnic minority children?

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Lack of intellectual + linguistic skills
Many children from low-income black families lack intellectual stimulation that helps them develop before starting school

5
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What do Bernstein + Englemann state about the language spoken by low income black families?

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Language spoken by low income black families is inadequate for educational success

6
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What are the 3 external factors that are used to exilian DEA in terms of ethnicity?

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  1. Cultural deprivation (including linguistic skills)
  2. Material deprivation
  3. Racism in wider S
7
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What are the 3 main aspects of cultural deprivation?

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  1. Intellectual + linguistic skills
  2. Attitudes + values
  3. Family structure + parental support
8
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How can an ethnicities attitudes + values effect the DEA?

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Lack of motivation = main cause of underachievement in ethnic minorities
e.g. Some black children = socialised into a fatalistic attitude towards Ed
As opposed to valuing success + long term goals

9
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How can family structure + parental support lead to DEA amongst different ethnicities?

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Cultural deprivation theorist argue that failure to socialise children adequately = result of a dysfunctional family structure

Moynihan: many black families = heads by lone mothers + children= deprived of adequate care in absence of male breadwinner
Also no adequate male role model

10
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What does Moynihan argue is the cause of many black children underachieving?

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Many black families = headed by lone mother (matrifocal)
children = deprived of adequate care in absence of male breadwinner
ALSO no adequate male role model

BUT good role model for girls

11
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Why does Lupton argue that Asians children achieve more educational success?

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Adult authority in Asian families = similar to adults in school
Children have respectful attitude towards adults + discipline
Parents = more supportive of school behaviour policies
- success; school is the same structure as home

12
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What did mc Culloch (2014) find about ethnic groups going onto university?

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Ethnic minority students are more likely to go to university that White British Pupils

13
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What are the 3 criticism of the cultural deprivation theory?

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  1. Driver: they ignore the +ve imapcts of ethnicity (black families = matrifocal, strong female role model)
  2. Lawrence: Black families actually underachieve due to racism
  3. Keddie: cultural deprivation = victim blaming
14
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What are Palmers 4 reasons for arguing that ethnic minority student are more likely to face material deprivation?

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  1. 1/2 all ethnic minority children live in low income households (1/4 white children)
  2. = twice as likely to be unemployed than whites
  3. x3 as likely to be homeless
  4. 1/2 Bangladeshi + Pakistani workers earn under £1 per hour (only 1/4 whites)

MATERIAL DEPRIVATION = CASUED BY RACISM IN WIDER S

15
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How can racism in wider S lead to educational underachievement?

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Can lead to material deprivation + therefore can play a part in educational underachievement

16
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What does Rex argue about racism + housing?

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Racial discrimination cases ethnic minorities to be more Lilly to be forced into substandard accommodation than white people of the same class

17
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What did Noon discover about racial discrimination + employment?

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Employers = more responsive to job applicant with British names

No Job, no £ -> material deprivation -> underachievement