EDUCATION: Ethnicity and education - Internal factors (Pupil identities)

Question 1

How do teachers define pupils

Answer 1

By stereotypical identities

Question 2

Archer

• How do teachers categorise pupils
• What are these categories
• What did he find in an interview he did

Answer 2

ARCHER:
HOW: Their dominant discourse defined ethnic minority pupils’ identities as lacking the identity of the ideal pupil.

WHAT:

• Ideal pupil; white, MC, masculinised, normal sexuality, achieves in the ‘right way’ through initiative and natural ability
• Pathologised pupil; Asian, ‘deserving poor’, feminised, either asexual or oppresses sexuality, conformist and culture bound ‘overachiever’ through hard work instead of natural ability.
• Demonised pupil; black or white, WC, hyper-sexualised, unintelligence, peer-led, culturally deprived and underachieves

INTERVIEW: found black students are demonised as loud, challenging, excessively sexual and having unaspirational home cultures.

Question 3

What did Shain find when Asian girls went against their stereotype

Answer 3

• When Asian girls went against the stereotypes of being quiet by misbehaving
• They are often dealt with more harshly than others

Question 4

Archer

• How did he criticise his own discovery
• Example
• What did Archer and Francis conclude from this

Answer 4

CRITICISM: even minority pupils who are pathologised are successful nonetheless
EXAMPLE: Chinese pupils were both praised and viewed negatively - were seen as having success in the ‘wrong way’
CONCLUSION: “negative-positive stereotype”