Ethnicity: Inside factors

Question 1

Inside factors effecting education

Answer 1

Teacher labelling and racsim

Pupils response to labelling

Ethnicentric curriculum

Education triage

Question 2

Wright - Labelling - Black

Answer 2

Teachers label black students less able troublesome and disruptive which lead to SFP

Question 2

Gillborn and Youdell - racism

Answer 2

‘Racialised expectations’ where they underestimate the ability of black students

Question 3

Wright - Labelling - Asian

Answer 3

Asian pupils are more likely to be labelled as passive

Question 4

Archer - pupil identity

Answer 4

teachers stereotype creating 3 different identities: Ideal pupil, Pathologies (quiet), Demonised (loud, challenging) ethnic minority groups are not ideal

Question 5

Fuller - response to labelling

Answer 5

negative teacher labelling amongst yr 11 black girls however they rejected the labels and used it as a motivator

Question 6

Sewell (2009) - response to labelling

Answer 6

Identified four responses to labelling:

Rebels

Conformists

Retreatists

Innovators

Question 7

Rebels

Answer 7

Resist school and develop anti - school subcultures

Question 8

Conformists

Answer 8

Keen to succeed and avoid being part of subcultures

Question 9

Retreatists

Answer 9

Disconnect from school and subcultures, despised by rebels

Question 9

Innovators

Answer 9

Pro education but anti school - value success but do not seek approval from teachers

Question 10

Coard - ethnocentric curriculum

Answer 10

The school curriculum is ethnocentric, it is biased towards the viewpoint of a certain ethnic group (white)

Question 11

what is the school curriculum ethnocentric in?

Answer 11

Involvement in classroom

School calendar

School meals

Uniform regulations

Question 12

However of ethnocentric curriculum

Answer 12

impact is not clear as many Indian and Chinese pupils achieve above average

Question 13

‘The myth of black challenge’

Answer 13

Black students are more likely to be labelled negatively and streamed into lower sets leading to SFP

Question 14

Cream skimming

Answer 14

Selecting higher ability pupils, who gain the best results and cost less to teach.

Question 15

what do good schools do?

Answer 15

cream-skim more MC white, Indian and Chinese pupils leaving other ethnicities to attend wink schools

Question 16

Heaton - postmodernist - Link

Answer 16

Ethnic achievement cannot be fully understood by just looking at ethnicity other aspects such as gender and SC determine educational outcomes

Question 17

Weakness of inside factors

Answer 17

• Heaton & Lawson
• sewell

Question 18

Heaton and Lawson

Answer 18

claims racism in school is not a complete explanation due to Chinese students experiencing racism yet performing well

Question 19

Sewell (1998)

Answer 19

Recognises that teacher stereotyping can lead to SFP but argues external factors such as peer groups, Lack for farther figure are more important