Ethnicity And Internal Factors

Question 1

What is labelling of black student?

Answer 1

Gilbert and youdell- argue white female teachers have low expectations of black boys potential academic performance and classroom behaviour.
Connolly- found black girls were often labelled as disruptive and no hopers meant that teachers did not focus pn them.

Question 2

What is labelling of Asian students?

Answer 2

Gilborn- that white middle class students as well as ethnic minorities such as Chinese and Indian labelled as ideal students because of positive attitude towards school.

Question 3

Which theorist argued teachers rarely label black students positively

Answer 3

Interactionists

Question 4

What is identities

Answer 4

Black boys respond withdrawing anti school subculture characteristics and desire to be disruptive
Tony Sewell- argues that real causes of black boys educational achievement outside school is due to lack of father figure- lack of role models
Stereotypes

Question 5

What is an evaluation?

Answer 5

Sewell- argues real cause of black boys underachieve is outside of schools too