Gilborn (1992) found that teachers often have different perceptions of children, according to their ethnic group and therefore sometimes treated them differently. How does this happen? Answer the following questions: What is meant by the term ‘stereotyping’? What stereotypes do you think exist regarding the characteristics of different ethnic groups? How may assessment methods be … [Read more...]
Ethnicity and Higher Education
Working in pairs, summarise the differences shown in the chart and discuss how you would explain these differences. Percentage of 16 to 30 year olds with a degree: by religion and country of birth, 2004, GB … [Read more...]
Ethnic Differences in Educational Achievement : Answers to QuickCheck Questions
Chinese; Indian; Whites; Bangladeshis; blacks Cultural deprivation theory ignores the positive effects of ethnicity on achievement e.g. black girls. Black pupils underachieve because of racism, not cultural deprivation. Black pupils are different not culturally deprived, but schools are ethnocentric. Sociologists include Gillborn, Bourne, Foster, Fuller and Sewell. By … [Read more...]