Ethnicity(internal factors) Flashcards
what does Gillborn and Youdell say?
teachers hold racialist expectations misinterpreting their behavior as challenging to their authority,, teachers are more likely to discipline black boys even for minor offences for which white students were not disciplined
What does Wright say?
studied a primary school and found teachers saw British culture as superior This leads them to label Asian pupils as lacking English language skills, express disapproval of their customs and mispronounce their names,This marginalised Asian students, e.g. excluded them from class discussions.
what does wright say(afro carribean)
in 2 comprehensive schools in the 1980s. She found that teachers had racialised expectations, i.e. they expected Afro-Caribbean students to be troublemakers. This led students to form anti-school subcultures.
what did foster find
found that teacher’s stereotypes of black students as badly behaved could result in them being placed in lower sets which can lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy of underachievement.
criticism for labelling
Theory is deterministic as it asssumes all students accept the label,however mac n ghails study shows students can reject labels
What was fuller and mac n Ghails study?
studied a group of black girls in a comprehensive put in low streams yet were achieving highly,the girls did not conform to all the values of the school but did value educational success enough to push themselves
what did mirza find
racist teachers restricted the aspirations of black female students through the subject and career choices they suggested. Students tried to avoid teachers’ negative attitudes by choosing subjects not taught by racist teachers and by not asking for help. Thus the girls underachieved.
what did mac n ghail find
studied Asian and black A Level students and found that students can reject the negative labels applied to them by teachers
what did fuller find
studied year 11 high achieving black girls in a London comprehensive school. She found that black girls rejected negative labels applied to them and turned anger at being labelled into pursuit of educational success, but the girls didn’t conform by seeking the approval of teachers and were friends with low achieving girls. This shows that the self-fulfilling prophecy doesn’t always happen.
what does coard say
a lack of black literature, history, music and role models in the curriculum this may create low self-esteem among black students and lead to failure. Also, the association of the word ‘black’ with negative connotations may affect the self-esteem of Afro-Caribbean students
how can you criticize the ethnocentric curriculum
Indian and Chinese students’ achievement is high so there is little evidence that the ethnocentric curriculum has any effect on achievement.
what does gillborn say?
marketisation of education has allowed schools to select students. This puts ethnic minorities at a disadvantage as negative stereotypes can affect admission decisions.
Sewell(black boys)
Teachers had a stereotypical view of black machismo expecting boys to be rebellious and anti school.biys responded in four ways:revels-opposes to schools rules formed anti school subculture,conformists:respected school rules aimed for success retreatist:isolated from school and the rebels innovators-pro education but anti school.
Access to opportunities(Gillborn+Tikly)
Gillborn-the gifted and talented programme was created to meet the needs of more able students in inner city areas but gillborn argues it still discriminated against e/m this is because it’s based on teachers judgements and white students are more likely to be placed on the G and than e/m
Tikly-round e/m are more likely to be entered for foundation tier exams at GCSE placed into lower sets often based on teacher assumptions about students behaviour rather than actual ability gillborn calls the false assumptions about pupils potential the new IQism
