Internal Factors affecting A+E (Ethnicity) Flashcards
What is an ethnocentric curriculum?
A curriculum which only favour one culture
What does Ball argue about the national curriculum?
It promotes ‘Little Englandism’ by focusing on the British empire
What is institutional racism?
Racism that takes place within a key institute like school
What did Hatcher find about institutional racism?
Schools failed to deal with pupils’ racist behaviour towards other students
What is labelling?
When a teacher labels a pupil based on non academic factors
What did Gillborn find about labelling?
Teachers were quick to discipline black students over white students for the same behaviour
What did Mirza find about labelling?
Black girls were sometimes anti-school but often pro-education - ultimately against school as an institute but not education itself
What are pupil subcultures?
Products of labelling which can either be anti school or pro school
What did Fuller find about pupil subcultures?
Black pupils had the ability to reject labels given by teachers as they still achieved high despite being labelled as ‘failures’
