Ethnicity - School Based Factors

Question 0

Gilbourn & Youdell

Answer 0

• Teachers quicker to discipline black students for the same behaviour as white students

Question 1

David

Answer 1

• Ethnocentric Curriculum: (specifically British)
  > Ignores European languages, theatre & music
  > Many attempts have been made to change this

Question 2

Foster

Answer 2

Negative stereotypes could lead to black students being placed in lower sets

Question 3

Wright

Answer 3

Asian girls assumed to be quiet & uninvolved & have problems with language

Question 4

Mirza

Answer 4

Teachers didn’t hold the potential of black girls:

• The colour blind: teachers believed all students were equal but didn’t challenge racism
• The liberal chauvinists: teachers believed black pupils suffered cultural deprivation & didn’t have high expectations of them
• The overt racist: teachers who actively discriminate

Question 5

Sewell

Answer 5

4 responses to teacher racism:

• The rebels: excluded & rejected the goals of the school (18%)
• The conformists: not part of a subculture (41%)
• The innovators: valued success but didn’t seek teacher approval (35%)
• The retreatists: disconnected from school (6%)

Question 6

Troyna & Williams

Answer 6

Institutional racism:

Discrimination & racism in the way schools operate

Question 7

Gilborn

Answer 7

Marketisation of schools:

• Schools given greater scope to select pupils which disadvantages some ethnic minority students
• Selection gives more scope for negative stereotypes