Ethnicity - inside school factors

Question 1

labelling - Gillborn

Answer 1

education system institutionally racist + states racist assumptions led teacher believe black male students cause trouble
Teacher confront this behaviour and this would build resentment + escalate problems

black students not entered into higher tier leading to lower achievement highest grade achievable would be a D

Question 2

Labelling - Jasper

Answer 2

agrees with Gillborn + claims that self fulfilling prophecy occurs where black male students live down negative labels given by teachers - japer claims curriculum needs to be adapted to be more relevant

Question 3

Labelling - Crozier

Answer 3

found Pakistani pupils excluded and feel different at school
- had experienced anxiety about safety + racist abuse
- career advisors at school believed south Asian girls were bound by tradition
- felt assemblies not relevant

Question 4

Labelling - Mac an Ghail

Answer 4

carried out 2 ethnographic studies first study looked at relationship between white teachers and ‘Asian warriors’ ‘Rasta heads’

identified for Rasta heads racism was the cause of their underachievement + gained insight into the way black youths systematically experience education in different way to white pupils due to institutional racism

Question 5

Flaws in education system - Abbott

Answer 5

curriculum doesn’t do enough to be inclusive e.g. black history month is not enough the curriculum should cover all aspects pf history

Question 6

Flaws in education system - Coard

Answer 6

ethnocentric curriculum - white history and literature dominate curriculum + teachers are dismissive of non - standard English

these hidden overt messages are transferred to students and culture of EM is devalued + students become de - motivated