Ethnicity and eduction- internal factors

Question 1

What does Becker say about labelling in education?

Answer 1

Focuses on how teachers view pupils from different

Question 2

What do Gillbourne and Youdell say about labelling?

Answer 2

Teachers are quick to disciplne black students then others for similar behaviour
-pupils reinforces stereotypes leading to further problem’s

Question 3

What do Bourne and Foster say about labelling?

Answer 3

Black boys seen as threats so more likely to be excluded and in lower sets

Question 4

What does wright say about labelling?

Answer 4

Asian pupils are victims of labelling due to their ethnocentric views
So therefore asian pupils are left out of discussion, have names mispronounced leading to marginalisations

Question 5

What does mirza say are the 3 types of teacher racism?

Answer 5

-The colour blind- believe all children are equal but when they see racism they turn a blind eye
-The liberal chauvinist- believe black people are culturally deprived so have low expectations
-The overt racist- black people are inferior so therefore actively discriminate against them

Question 6

What does sewell say about pupils response to racism?

Answer 6

He analysed boys reactions towards racism and said teh 4 types are
-conformity
-rebellion
-retreatism
-innovation

Question 7

Sewell- what does conformity mean?

Answer 7

majority of black pupils accept failure of schools and eager to succseed

Question 8

Sewell- what is rebellion?

Answer 8

Rejecting values of school
Joining a peer pressure reinforcing negative stereotypes
e.g. Black Mashimo

Question 9

Sewell- what is retreatism?

Answer 9

Low profile and disconnected with peer groups subcultures and the school

Question 10

Sewell- what is innovation?

Answer 10

2nd largest groups, pro education but anti school
distanced self from conformity but enough to keep credibility with revels whilst valuing education success

Question 11

The ethnocentric curriculum- Troyona and Williams + Davis?

Answer 11

The national curriculum is specifically british and focused on white culture ignoring non European language, literature and music

Question 12

The ethnocentric curriculum- Balls theory?

Answer 12

‘Little Engaladim’ only focusing on white british culture and tried to recreate a mythical age of empire and pass glories by largely ignoring the history of black and asian culture

Question 13

The ethnocentric curriculum- Coards theory?

Answer 13

Black culture and history taught to he primarive
‘white- good’ and ‘black- evil-

Question 14

what does ethnocentric mean?

Answer 14

an attitude of hat gives priority to culture and viewpoint of one particular of ethnic group while disregarding others

Question 15

What is individual racism?

Answer 15

results of prejudice view of an individuals

Question 16

What’s institutional racism?

Answer 16

result of inbuilt discrimination within insertion such as police, media and education e.g ethnocentric curriculum

Question 17

Institutional racism- Hatcher theory?

Answer 17

Racist behaviour is often ignored in schools and lack of formal strategies in place to deal with events

Question 18

Institutional racism- Troyonas theory?

Answer 18

Lack of provisions for teaching asian languages is a form of institutional racism as it puts certain asian groups at a disadvantage on a day to day basis

Question 19

Selection and segregation- Gillbournes theory?

Answer 19

The marketisation of education puts ethnic minority’s at a disadvantage as schools can be selective about who they enroll

Question 20

Selection and segregation- Moore and Davenport’s theory?

Answer 20

Supports view of gillbourne saying schools create ethnic segregation

Question 21

Selection and segregation- Commisions of racial equality?

Answer 21

-Racist bias in enrolment interviews
-lack of information about language
-minority parents unaware of enrolment process

Question 22

Evaluation of internal factors
Fuller and Mac an Gahill theory

Answer 22

Says labelling does occur but it doesn’t effect ethnic minority’s due to the fact the self fulfilling prophecy isn’t correct
-Studied a group of black girls in y11 at a school who were in the lower streams and sets yet were achieving very high
-Girls don’t always conform to values of schools but value education succeeds and encourage themselves to push