External factors and ethnic differences in the achievement-
sociologist list
Key:
Heheh-Sociologist Heheh-Important information
1. Cultural deprivation
Intellectual and linguistic skill
● Bereiter and Engelman(1965)
- Lack of linguistic skills is one cause of underachievement for many ethnic
minority students
- Low-income black families have a language that ruins the chances of
educational success
- Creates a lack of intellectual stimulation and enriching experiences
- Poorly equipped for school→no reasoning/problem-solving skills
- Described as ungrammatical and disjointed
- Criticism from recent studies(2010)→outdated due to GCSE grades(55.2%
from English speakers and 52.0% of without English as their first language
gaining 5 GCSE A* including maths and English)
● Crozier(2004)
- Parents from Pakistani and Bangladeshi backgrounds ‘kept their distance’ from
schools
- Trusted the professionals to do their job as they lacked linguistic skills in
English
Attitudes and values
● Information on attitudes and values
- Lack of motivation means that those who are an ethnic minority are at risk of
failing in educational achievement
- Most children→socialised into the mainstream culture→instils ambitions,
competitiveness and the willingness to sacrifice things that are important
for long-term success(deferred gratification)
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sociologist list
Key:
Heheh-Sociologist Heheh-Important information
1. Cultural deprivation
Intellectual and linguistic skill
● Bereiter and Engelman(1965)
- Lack of linguistic skills is one cause of underachievement for many ethnic
minority students
- Low-income black families have a language that ruins the chances of
educational success
- Creates a lack of intellectual stimulation and enriching experiences
- Poorly equipped for school→no reasoning/problem-solving skills
- Described as ungrammatical and disjointed
- Criticism from recent studies(2010)→outdated due to GCSE grades(55.2%
from English speakers and 52.0% of without English as their first language
gaining 5 GCSE A* including maths and English)
● Crozier(2004)
- Parents from Pakistani and Bangladeshi backgrounds ‘kept their distance’ from
schools
- Trusted the professionals to do their job as they lacked linguistic skills in
English
Attitudes and values
● Information on attitudes and values
- Lack of motivation means that those who are an ethnic minority are at risk of
failing in educational achievement
- Most children→socialised into the mainstream culture→instils ambitions,
competitiveness and the willingness to sacrifice things that are important
for long-term success(deferred gratification)
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