“Outline the ways in which factors in children’s home background may lead to differences in achievement levels between ethnic groups.” (Mainly discussing factors that influence and then analyse factors)
One of the factors that lead to differences in achievement levels between ethnic groups is material deprivation. Material deprivation refers to poverty and lack of the material necessities such as housing, diet and health and income and how it effects education. Poor housing such as houses that are very cramped and small in size seem to have an effect on students as it means that they will not have enough space to complete their work, especially if those families consist of big families. Also families that move around houses a lot, especially if the house is cold and damp, can be exposed to illness and if a child is ill it means that they would be taking more days off school effecting their achievement in education. Some parents of working class children do shift work which can also be a problem for children in education as it means parents will not have enough time to cook nutritious meals, something essential for the health of young children in education and the effect of this would be illness or the child will become constantly fatigue causing them to lose concentration in lessons. It is often grouped according to Flaherty, that unemployment is three times higher for African and Bangladeshi/ Pakistani people than whites. This is due to inequalities in the races and can often result to students having free school meals as their parents don’t work, and then may create a social divide in terms of social classes in education.
There are other factors in a child’s home that lead to differences in achievement between ethnic groups, one being cultural deprivation. Cultural deprivation is due to the inadequate socialisation within the home. One of these
