education - ethnicity

Question 1

bereiter and engelmann (linguistic skills)

Answer 1

they state that the black caribbean language is ungrammatical and disjointed, and cant convey abstract ideas.

Question 2

moynihan (family structure)

Answer 2

most black family have a single mother leading to a lack of role models for boys

Question 3

gillborn and youdell (labelling black pupils)

Answer 3

teachers label black pupils as threatening and misbehaving

Question 4

fuller (labelling black pupils)

Answer 4

black girls self-refuting prophecies (ignored teacher labelling)

Question 5

mirza (labelling black pupils)

Answer 5

black girls had to actively avoid racism from teachers by not taking part in class

Question 6

wright (labelling asian pupils)

Answer 6

asian pupils stereotyed as having a ‘poor grasp’ on the english language

Question 7

sewell (pupil subcultures)

Answer 7

black boys responses to teachers racist labelling:
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conformists, innovators, retreatists, rebels

Question 8

define conformism

Answer 8

keen to succeed, accepted the school’s goals.

Question 9

define innovation

Answer 9

pro-education, but anti-school. Valued success, but not teacher’s approval.

Question 10

define retreatism

Answer 10

disconnected from the school and it’s culture

Question 11

define rebellion

Answer 11

reject the school’s goals, and conform to the stereotype of the ‘black macho lad’

Question 12

troyna and williams (the ethnocentric curriculum)

Answer 12

british school curriculum prioritises white history

Question 13

charles murray

Answer 13

lack of a positive male role model leads to underachievement of some ethnic minorities