Ethnicity and Education
Glossary Main points Evaluation
● Ethnicity= The Ethnicity can depend on:
state of ★ Race and religion
belonging to a ★ Culture
social group with ★ Origin/ background
similar national ★ Genetics
and cultural
traditions. Outside of School:
People who have common Cultural Deprivation ● Black African, Americans
history, customs and ● Certain ethnicities lack norms and values, aren’t the only people who
identity, as well as caused by the way they were brought up. listen to that genre of
language and religion. ● New Right believe the media encourages music.
black boys to fail. ● Other ethnicities make rap
● Ethnocentric= an ● Arnot 2004: Believe the media have music too.
attitude that created an anti-school role model for black ● Assumes that the people
gives priority to pupils, in particular ‘the Ultra- Tough who listen to the music, act
the culture of Ghetto Superstar’, which is reinforced like the lyrics in the songs.
one particular through rap lyrics & MTV videos.
ethnic group.
Family Structure & Parental Support
● Charles Murray & New Right:
Dislike lone parent families, especially single ● Feminists: lone parents allow
mothers. single mothers to take over
➔ Lack of father figure breadwinner role, go out and
➔ Lack primary socialisation from both get full time employment
parents like men do.
● Afro- Caribbean families are most likely However, single parents would need
to be single parent, in the UK because of to rely on extended kin for family
the demand for nurses to work in the support, and looking after children.
NHS.
They tend to have Matrifocal Families- headed by
women.
Families don’t live as long- single parent, no
breadwinner, less money for survival.
● Pakistan & Bangladesh families tend to be
extended.
Often asylum seekers, who all come over together,
so don’t want to leave any members behind.
● Indian/Asian families live longer, because
they were offered higher paid jobs- NHS
work, they were highly qualified.
Language
Bernstein: (Links to New Right) ● Can be easier for students
EFL= English as a Foreign Language to pick up language if they
EAL= English as Additional Language are in a society with people
● Language is based around culture , who are speaking that
different language in different areas. language.
● Gives a sense of belonging ● Students may find it
● Examiners (high class) usually have difficult to understand-
different language than working class, teachers, textbooks,
Glossary Main points Evaluation
● Ethnicity= The Ethnicity can depend on:
state of ★ Race and religion
belonging to a ★ Culture
social group with ★ Origin/ background
similar national ★ Genetics
and cultural
traditions. Outside of School:
People who have common Cultural Deprivation ● Black African, Americans
history, customs and ● Certain ethnicities lack norms and values, aren’t the only people who
identity, as well as caused by the way they were brought up. listen to that genre of
language and religion. ● New Right believe the media encourages music.
black boys to fail. ● Other ethnicities make rap
● Ethnocentric= an ● Arnot 2004: Believe the media have music too.
attitude that created an anti-school role model for black ● Assumes that the people
gives priority to pupils, in particular ‘the Ultra- Tough who listen to the music, act
the culture of Ghetto Superstar’, which is reinforced like the lyrics in the songs.
one particular through rap lyrics & MTV videos.
ethnic group.
Family Structure & Parental Support
● Charles Murray & New Right:
Dislike lone parent families, especially single ● Feminists: lone parents allow
mothers. single mothers to take over
➔ Lack of father figure breadwinner role, go out and
➔ Lack primary socialisation from both get full time employment
parents like men do.
● Afro- Caribbean families are most likely However, single parents would need
to be single parent, in the UK because of to rely on extended kin for family
the demand for nurses to work in the support, and looking after children.
NHS.
They tend to have Matrifocal Families- headed by
women.
Families don’t live as long- single parent, no
breadwinner, less money for survival.
● Pakistan & Bangladesh families tend to be
extended.
Often asylum seekers, who all come over together,
so don’t want to leave any members behind.
● Indian/Asian families live longer, because
they were offered higher paid jobs- NHS
work, they were highly qualified.
Language
Bernstein: (Links to New Right) ● Can be easier for students
EFL= English as a Foreign Language to pick up language if they
EAL= English as Additional Language are in a society with people
● Language is based around culture , who are speaking that
different language in different areas. language.
● Gives a sense of belonging ● Students may find it
● Examiners (high class) usually have difficult to understand-
different language than working class, teachers, textbooks,
