evaluate the view that ethnic differences in Educational achievement are a product of factors inside School.

Question 1

Point 1

Answer 1

Teacher labelling and ethnicity

• Wright: teacher percieved ethnic minorities differently from whites
• asians were seen as a problem that could be ignored, recieving the least attention
• AFrican carribean were expected to behave badly and were more likely to be discplined

Gilbourne: teachers saw AC children as athreat

Question 2

Point 2

Answer 2

Institutional racism in schools

Ethnocentric curriculum

Streaming- Gilbourn and youdell point out that AC children are overrrepresented in lower sets

Question 3

Point 3

Answer 3

Pupils subcultures and ethnicity

Sewell: observed that AC boys may experience considerable pressure to adopt the norms of an urban or street subculture