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What is a possible impact of a curriculum that ignores Asian culture on Indian and Chinese pupils' achievement?
What is a possible impact of a curriculum that ignores Asian culture on Indian and Chinese pupils' achievement?
- It would improve their self-esteem.
- It would have no significant impact on their achievement. (correct)
- It would hinder their academic performance.
- It would lead to lower academic achievement than the national average.
What does Maureen Stone argue about black children?
What does Maureen Stone argue about black children?
- They have low self-esteem due to the curriculum.
- They do not suffer from low self-esteem. (correct)
- They have high self-esteem.
- They suffer from low self-esteem.
What does Gillborn argue happens when black children succeed as a group?
What does Gillborn argue happens when black children succeed as a group?
- The curriculum is revised to include more diverse cultures.
- The rules of the assessment game remain the same.
- The teachers are rewarded for their efforts.
- The rules of the assessment game are changed to re-engineer failure. (correct)
What happened to black pupils' ranking after the change from baseline assessments to the foundation stage profile (FSP)?
What happened to black pupils' ranking after the change from baseline assessments to the foundation stage profile (FSP)?
Why does Gillborn argue that teachers' judgments in the FSP increase the risk of stereotyping?
Why does Gillborn argue that teachers' judgments in the FSP increase the risk of stereotyping?
What was the aim of the 'Gifted and Talented' programme?
What was the aim of the 'Gifted and Talented' programme?
What does the term 'ethnocentric' describe?
What does the term 'ethnocentric' describe?
What is the ethnocentric curriculum an example of, according to many sociologists?
What is the ethnocentric curriculum an example of, according to many sociologists?
What does Miriam David criticize the National Curriculum for?
What does Miriam David criticize the National Curriculum for?
What does Bernard Coard argue that the ethnocentric curriculum may produce?
What does Bernard Coard argue that the ethnocentric curriculum may produce?
What does the history curriculum, according to Ball, promote?
What does the history curriculum, according to Ball, promote?
What is presented as being brought to 'primitive' peoples by the British, according to Bernard Coard?
What is presented as being brought to 'primitive' peoples by the British, according to Bernard Coard?
