External Factors - Ethnicity

Ethnic Differences in Educational Achievement

What are the external factors of ethnic differences in educational achievement?

• cultural deprivation

• material deprivation

• racism in wider society

cultural deprivation

having a lack of the “right” norms, values, skills, and knowledge

material deprivation

having a lack of resources and money

What are the aspects of cultural deprivation?

• language

• family structure & support

• attitudes & values

What are the ethnic aspects of family structure & support?

• Black family structure (Moynihan & Murray)

• Family structure and resistance to racism (Pryce)

• Parental discipline (Sewell)

• Asian families (Lupton & Sewell)

• White working-class families (McCulloch, Lupton & Evans)

What are the ethnic aspects of attitudes & values?

• fatalistic subculture

• “bling culture”

• lack of motivation

• not valuing education