Transcript g - Effects of ethnicity

Where do you and
your family come
from then?
Cardiff?
Where do you come from?
1. What answer do you give to people who live in
the same town?
2. What answer do you give to people who live in
the same region?
3. What answer do you give to people who live in
London?
4. What answer do you give to people who live in
a foreign country?
Discuss
What are the effects of
ethnicity on educational
attainment?
Does your cultural background
impact on your attainment in
education?
Sociological Targets
• You will understand that ethnicity is a
variable affecting educational attainment.
• Some minority ethnic groups achieve
significantly better than the average group.
• Other ethnic groups appear to be
disadvantaged by education systems in UK
Personal targets
 To understand the importance of
official statistics.
 To interpret official statistics
 To work with others in class
Defining ethnicity
• Ethnicity - belonging to a group that
shares the same characteristics, such as
country of origin, language, religion,
ancestry and culture.
• Ethnicity may be defined by biology and
history and is not necessarily changed by
the culture in which a person grows up.
Amir Khan, British
boxer
What is his ethnicity?
Discuss this point with
your study partner.
There is a clear statistical
link between ethnicity and
educational attainment
See
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=461
Attainment of 5 GCSEs A-C
Questions
Which groups do better
than the average white
British ethnic group?
Which groups do
worse than the
average white
British ethnic
group?
At least 80% of students
are white British. How
might this affect the
patterns?
Ethnicity
White
Indian
Pakistani
Bangladeshi
Chinese
Asian Other
Africans
Caribbeans
Black Other
%18-24 in
higher
education
%18-24 in Great
Britain
85.2
4.7
2.7
0.7
1.0
1.2
1.4
1.0
0.5
92
2
1.8
0.7
0.4
0.4
0.6
0.9
0.7
If you apply
Halsey’s
notion of
Equality of
Outcome,
what should
these
figures look
like?
Government data
• The rate of permanent exclusions of black
pupils (pupils reported to be in the Black
Caribbean, Black African and Black Other
ethnic groups) in all secondary schools is
1.1 per cent compared to 0.3 per cent for
all other pupils.
Department for Children, Schools and Families
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SBU/b000209/980-s3.htm
Steve Strand - research
• Most ethnic minority groups have
– higher parental and pupil educational
aspirations,
– more positive attitudes to school,
– do more homework
• but do not get the same rewards as White
British pupils for this extra effort.
Explanations for the patterns
• Different ethnic groups have different
levels of intelligence (Jenson, James
Watson)
• Ethnic minorities experience racism in
school and society (DFeS)
• Ethnic minorities have a different culture
that advantages or disadvantages them
(Sewell)
AO 2 practice
Try to think of at least one possible
argument that supports and one argument
that rejects each of the suggested
explanations for the under attainment of
minority ethnic groups in British schools.
Which explanation do you find most
satisfactory? What evidence can you offer?
Independent study
Plan out an essay on:
Outline and explain the relationship between
ethnicity and educational attainment.
• What AO1 points would you make?
• What AO2 points would you make?
The end
If you have suggestions for
improvement, see your teacher