Cultural deprivation:
Archer Chinese pupils record the highest levels of achievement in Material deprivation:
compulsory schooling. Many are from w/c backgrounds. They are Platt highest hourly rates of pay for male full-time employees in UK were for Chinese ethnic groups = Chinese
called the ‘invisible ethnic minority’ who enjoy academic and tend to do better simply as a result of living in higher-income families.
economic success but are still marginalised in society. Feel pressure Platt Bangladeshi’s and Pakistanis tend to have lower than average wages = despite ethnicity children from
from parents to do well, also want to do well for themselves as they poorer backgrounds underachieve.
know how much time and money their parents have put in. Set
mindset which pushes them.
Basit Indians & Pakistanis placed high value on education & saw Racism in wider society:
free state education as a ‘blessing’. Parents put more effort & Rex racial discrimination leads to social exclusion which worsens poverty faced by ethnic minorities.
resources into helping children. Education was viewed as a capital Discrimination means that minorities are more likely to be forced into substandard accommodation than
that would transform their lives. white people of the same class. Teachers could then label pupils and will have lower expectations of them
Iberi African parents actively support their children’s education causing them to underachieve.
and have an accepted notion that education is the key to breaking Wood et al in employment there is direct and deliberate discrimination. He sent 3 different job
out of poverty. Stigma = black man must work harder to earn a applications to each of 1000 job vacancies. These applicants were fictitious with different ethnicities. 1 was
living than a white man. African parents build on these concepts, to from a white person and the 2 others from members of ethnic minorities. He found that 1 in 16 ethnic
push their children to fit into competitive society = more focus in minorities were offered an interview but 1 in 9 white applicants were offered an interview. This means
school. ethnic minorities are more likely to face unemployment or low pay, which has a negative effect on
Vincent et al Black Caribbean parents = concerned and involved children’s education prospects.
in children’s schooling – put effort to meet teachers + had high
expectations. Teachers treated parents as if they knew less about
education than white parents despite having similar qualifications.
encourage children, discourage parents = less faith in education
system.
Sewell high proportion of black African boys raised in lone-
parent families = lack male role models + discipline. = attraction to
gangs = aggressive + macho form of masculinity. = labelling in
schools by teachers = underachievement.
Lupton ethnic minorities = more likely to go to uni than white
British pupils. Less discipline in white w/c families, despite fewer
being on FSM. Lack of parental support = underachievement.
Moons & Ivins parental involvement = greater in ethnic
minorities than white families. Black Caribbean & Bangladeshi
parents = education is parents’ responsibility. Ethnic minorities
achieve more than white pupils
English is no longer the 1st language for the majority of pupils which
causes differences in doing schoolwork and communication.
Students = unconsciously discouraged by teachers due to their
speech = self-fulfilling prophecy.
Archer Chinese pupils record the highest levels of achievement in Material deprivation:
compulsory schooling. Many are from w/c backgrounds. They are Platt highest hourly rates of pay for male full-time employees in UK were for Chinese ethnic groups = Chinese
called the ‘invisible ethnic minority’ who enjoy academic and tend to do better simply as a result of living in higher-income families.
economic success but are still marginalised in society. Feel pressure Platt Bangladeshi’s and Pakistanis tend to have lower than average wages = despite ethnicity children from
from parents to do well, also want to do well for themselves as they poorer backgrounds underachieve.
know how much time and money their parents have put in. Set
mindset which pushes them.
Basit Indians & Pakistanis placed high value on education & saw Racism in wider society:
free state education as a ‘blessing’. Parents put more effort & Rex racial discrimination leads to social exclusion which worsens poverty faced by ethnic minorities.
resources into helping children. Education was viewed as a capital Discrimination means that minorities are more likely to be forced into substandard accommodation than
that would transform their lives. white people of the same class. Teachers could then label pupils and will have lower expectations of them
Iberi African parents actively support their children’s education causing them to underachieve.
and have an accepted notion that education is the key to breaking Wood et al in employment there is direct and deliberate discrimination. He sent 3 different job
out of poverty. Stigma = black man must work harder to earn a applications to each of 1000 job vacancies. These applicants were fictitious with different ethnicities. 1 was
living than a white man. African parents build on these concepts, to from a white person and the 2 others from members of ethnic minorities. He found that 1 in 16 ethnic
push their children to fit into competitive society = more focus in minorities were offered an interview but 1 in 9 white applicants were offered an interview. This means
school. ethnic minorities are more likely to face unemployment or low pay, which has a negative effect on
Vincent et al Black Caribbean parents = concerned and involved children’s education prospects.
in children’s schooling – put effort to meet teachers + had high
expectations. Teachers treated parents as if they knew less about
education than white parents despite having similar qualifications.
encourage children, discourage parents = less faith in education
system.
Sewell high proportion of black African boys raised in lone-
parent families = lack male role models + discipline. = attraction to
gangs = aggressive + macho form of masculinity. = labelling in
schools by teachers = underachievement.
Lupton ethnic minorities = more likely to go to uni than white
British pupils. Less discipline in white w/c families, despite fewer
being on FSM. Lack of parental support = underachievement.
Moons & Ivins parental involvement = greater in ethnic
minorities than white families. Black Caribbean & Bangladeshi
parents = education is parents’ responsibility. Ethnic minorities
achieve more than white pupils
English is no longer the 1st language for the majority of pupils which
causes differences in doing schoolwork and communication.
Students = unconsciously discouraged by teachers due to their
speech = self-fulfilling prophecy.
