1.5 differential educational achievement: ethnicity

What is the performance trend observed among black pupils compared to Indian and Chinese pupils?

Black pupils underperform, while Indian and Chinese pupils overperform.

What role do language barriers play in educational achievement?

Language barriers may lead to underachievement, but research suggests Asian children can be as proficient in English as their classmates by age 16.

How do home life and culture impact educational outcomes according to Archer and Francis?

Asian families often have higher parental expectations leading to high achievement, while African Caribbean households may face challenges like high divorce rates and material deprivation.

What is the relationship between social class and ethnic group educational attainment?

Underachieving ethnic groups are more likely to receive free school meals, suggesting social class impacts educational outcomes.

What factors contribute to the underperformance of Pakistani students despite having high parental expectations?

Social class differences may better explain their underperformance.

How do internal factors in school affect students from different ethnicities?

Negative teacher labeling can result from accents, leading to underestimation of students' abilities.

What is the problem with the ethnocentric curriculum in schools?

It centers around white British views, marginalizing other ethnicities and can affect non-white British pupils' achievement.

How do teacher expectations differ among ethnic groups?

Teachers have higher expectations for Chinese and Indian pupils, leading to positive labels and a self-fulfilling prophecy.

What are anti-school subcultures and which groups are known to form them?

Black and Asian boys are more likely to form anti-school subcultures, while some black girls have formed subcultures to prove teachers wrong.

What is a criticism of the ethnocentric curriculum theory?

It fails to explain why white British pupils do not also overachieve.

What do theories about subcultures fail to clarify?

They do not explain why certain subcultures based on ethnicity occur.