DEA ETHNICITY - internal Flashcards
What did Gillborn and Mirza find about black children’s achievement when joining secondary school?
Upon entry to primary school, black children were the highest achievers - 20 points above the average.
By the time it came to GCSE, they had the worst result of any ethnic group - 21 points below average.
What did Strand’s study of 530,000 students show?
Showed how quickly black pupils fall behind after starting school.
Found that Black Caribbean boys not entitles to FSM made significantly less progress than their white peers.
How does Strand’s study challenge others?
Group begins as highest achievers, yet finishes at lowest.
Challenges the assumption made by C.D theorists that black students enter school unprepared.
Instead, internal factors play a part in ethnic differences in education.
What do studies show about teacher’s views on black and Asian pupils?
Far from the ideal student.
Black students = disruptive
Asian students = passive
What did O’Donnel show about African Caribbean males?
They often react angrily and reject white-dominated education system.
Indians show their anger, but do not reject the education system.
What did Gillbourn and Youdell find about black pupils and discipline?
Teachers were quicker to discipline black pupils than others for the same behaviour.
= result of racialised expectations
Teachers expected black pupils to have more discipline issues and misinterpreted behaviour as threatening or challenging authority.
What did Gillbourne and Youdell conclude?
Conflict between white teachers and black pupils comes from the racial stereotypes teachers have rather than pupil behaviour.
What did Gillbourne find Afro-Caribbean students are more likely to be given?
More detentions due to the misinterpretation that students were challenging their authority with the way the spoke, dress and manner.
What did O’Donnell and Sharpe find about black males?
They construct a masculinity to earn respect from both males and females.
Compensates for negative teacher labels, racism etc.
Create a macho image and had an anti-school stance.
Who said black boys had the ability to achieve, but saw success as a feminine thing?
Strand
How do teachers stereotype Chinese pupils?
Seen as succeeding in the wrong way - through hardwork, passive conformism rather than natural ability.
Can never be the ideal pupil.
What was Mary Fuller’s study of working class black girls?
Studied high achievers who were in a low set.
Rejected negative labelling - didn’t seek teacher approval and thought teachers were racist.
Only conformed when it came to schoolwork by working hard.
Wanted success for themselves and relied on their own efforts in external exams.
Remained friends with low set girls.
What did Mary Fuller’s study show?
Pupils may still succeed when they refuse to conform.
Negative labelling does not always lead to failure.
What did Mirza say black girls were?
Anti-school but pro-education.
What did Mirza note?
Some black girls openly reject the help from teachers at school - seen as patronising and misguided.
