Lets brainstorm!
Here's a few things I can think of to mention~
- We have a multicultural society, but an ethnocentric national curriculum. That may mean those of a different ethnic-background other than white (middle class male) may not find such areas of the curriculum very interesting. For example, learning about Kings and Queens of England, and World War II, a westernized, mainly UK based curriculum on history.
- Statistics also show that white ethnic children out preform miniority ethnics. Why is this? Well... It could be very well to do with the ethnocentric curriculum. Or it could be to cultural background. For example, certain Asian backgrounds may put a greater encouragement on education than backgrounds from other culture.
- This is rather useful.
http://sixthsense.osfc.ac.uk/sociology/education/ethnic_minority.aspDon't forget your labelling theories, and how students from other backgrounds including various ethnic backgrounds may be labelled and stereotyped by a teacher, leading to a self-fufilling prophercy. If I recall it is Robert K. Merton who first described this term in a published medium.
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http://www.s-cool.co.uk/a-level/sociology/inequalities/revise-it/ethnicityAlso very useful! It also mentions some sociologists - which examiners love if you can remember their names, and date of study. You could also mention Bernard Coard if you have came across him.
- You could also mention how education may be less racist/more racist depending on your view. As long as you have evidence/research to back you up it could rake in some marks ^_~
Tip: Try not to use the word 'race' in your exam, sociologists don't tend to like using that word, since race is regarded as unexisting.
Hope this helped...!