United Kingdom and Educational Achievement Studies
Assess the sociological explanations for ethnic differences in educational achievement
Studies have been done and the results show that the ethnic groups most likely to have degrees are; Chinese (31%) this may be because Chinese view education as a very important thing and the parents tend to be more strict for example with homework and behaviour. Then it’s the Indian race (25%) this could be because a lot of the Indian are middle class so they have the money to pay for top resources such as laptops and textbooks so it gives them an advantage. Then it is the White British (17%) this could also be due to a large number of the white British being able to afford more resources because of their social class.
The African Caribbean race have been found to have below average reading abilities which is a major factor to why they achieve fewer GCSE results than whites and Indians. They are also 3 to 6 times more likely permanently excluded from school. They also tend to be poor and not well equipped for school due to their low income. Beneiter and Engelmann found that it may be due to the language, some may not even be able to speak English so they will not understand the majority of the things they are being taught or their English may be very basic so it limits their capabilities in school and it is not fit for success. Moynihan (1965) found that many African Caribbean families are headed by single mothers so they will have low income and will be poor. Also the child won’t have a father so he will not have a male role model which would be difficult. Flew found more recently (1984) that the black people are more likely to be less tolerant to racism than the Asian for example so that could be a factor in the grades of the children because the black children may have low self-esteem due to this and wouldn’t be as confident whereas the Asian child will still have high self-esteem and be more confident.
Asian is the ethnic group which achieves the most degrees than any
Studies have been done and the results show that the ethnic groups most likely to have degrees are; Chinese (31%) this may be because Chinese view education as a very important thing and the parents tend to be more strict for example with homework and behaviour. Then it’s the Indian race (25%) this could be because a lot of the Indian are middle class so they have the money to pay for top resources such as laptops and textbooks so it gives them an advantage. Then it is the White British (17%) this could also be due to a large number of the white British being able to afford more resources because of their social class.
The African Caribbean race have been found to have below average reading abilities which is a major factor to why they achieve fewer GCSE results than whites and Indians. They are also 3 to 6 times more likely permanently excluded from school. They also tend to be poor and not well equipped for school due to their low income. Beneiter and Engelmann found that it may be due to the language, some may not even be able to speak English so they will not understand the majority of the things they are being taught or their English may be very basic so it limits their capabilities in school and it is not fit for success. Moynihan (1965) found that many African Caribbean families are headed by single mothers so they will have low income and will be poor. Also the child won’t have a father so he will not have a male role model which would be difficult. Flew found more recently (1984) that the black people are more likely to be less tolerant to racism than the Asian for example so that could be a factor in the grades of the children because the black children may have low self-esteem due to this and wouldn’t be as confident whereas the Asian child will still have high self-esteem and be more confident.
Asian is the ethnic group which achieves the most degrees than any