Ethnicity (Internal)

Question 1

Tronya and Williams.

Answer 1

Say that British schools are ethnocentric because it gives priority to white culture.

Question 2

Hatcher

Answer 2

Hatcher studied school governing bodies and found they place a low priority on race issues. (Ethnocentric curriculum)

Question 3

Cecile Wright

Answer 3

Studied multi ethnic primary schools and found teachers held stereotypes based on race despite them schools saying they were committed to equal opportunit.

Question 4

Mirza

Answer 4

Criticism, found black girls had positive self esteem and high aspirations. Girls experienced discrimination but had strategies to minimise the effects of racism.

Unwilling to ask for help.

Question 5

Gillborn

Answer 5

Found teachers sometimes negatively label black students and are quicker to discipline them. They were labelled as a challenge to school authority.