Differential Educational Achievement: Ethnicity- Internal/ External

Question 1

(internal) Gillbourn and Youdell- racialised expectations.

Answer 1

Teachers punished black pupils quicker than white for similar behaviour.

Question 2

(internal) Bourne- Black boys.

Answer 2

Seen as a threat. Causes exclusion.

Question 3

(internal) Foster- streaming.

Answer 3

Teachers stereotype black pupils so, put them in lower streams. Causes self fulfilling prophecy.

Question 4

(Internal) Sewell- Boys response to racist stereotype.

Answer 4

Rebels- reject values and become “black macho”
Conformists- accept school values.
Retreatists- isolate from peer groups and values. Stay low.
Innovators- pro-education but, anti-school.

Question 5

(internal) Institutional racism

Answer 5

Ethnocentric curriculum- Troyna (Asian)
Gillborn- racism ingrained in education.
Assessment- Sanders and Horn- written to teacher asses. Causes racism.
Iq’ism

Question 6

(External) Flaherty statistics

Answer 6

Pakistanis- 3X likely to be in poorer homes.
Africans/Pakistanis- 3X more likely to be unemployed.

Question 7

Hastings- ethnicity trends in achievement.

Answer 7

Ages 11-16 white pupils make less progress in education compared to Black or Asian.

Question 8

(external) Lupton- family structure

Answer 8

Asian families have adult authority. Like schools.

Question 9

(external) keddie

Answer 9

Blaming culture is like blaming victims of education failure.

Question 10

(external) Hall

Answer 10

“Culture of resistance.” Impact of slavery= less White conformity.

Question 11

(external) Bollard and Driver- language

Answer 11

By 16- language is a problem.

Question 12

(external) Swann report argues..

Answer 12

Language difference isn’t a problem.

Question 13

(external) Racism in wider society

Answer 13

Noon- 100 letters to companies from “Evans” and “Patel”. White name received more attention.
Rex- racism causes social exclusion thus causing poverty.