sociology ethnicity and achievement

Question 1

What are internal factors to be considered?

Answer 1

labelling, pupil identities, pupil subcultures, institutional racism

Question 2

What is labelling?

Answer 2

attaching a meaning or definition to a person, which may lead to self fulfilling prophecy.

Question 3

ARCHER pupil identities, subcultures and responses

Answer 3

ARCHER thinks that a teachers way of seeing something defines and constructs 3 types of ethnic minorities pupil identities. These include the ideal pupil, pathologies pupil and demonised pupil.

Question 4

ARCHER// Ideal pupil

Answer 4

a white m/c masculine identity with a normal sexuality, this pupil achieves in the right way through natural ability.

Question 5

ARCHER//Pathologised pupil

Answer 5

an asian feminine identity, a cultural bound over achiever and achieves through hard work not natural.

Question 6

ARCHER//Demonised pupil

Answer 6

a white or black w/c unintelligent, peer led, culturally deprived under achiever.

Question 7

GILBOURN// Black pupils and discipline

Answer 7

they think that school is institutionally racist and have racialised expectations. Also teachers have bad expectations of black Caribbean students, they expect them to have behaviour problems so they are focused on control and punishment over academic achievement eg. lower sets.

Question 8

GILBOURN// Black pupils and discipline EVALUATION

Answer 8

The conflicted comes from the teachers racial stereotypes not pupils actual behaviour.

Question 9

WRIGHT// Asian pupils

Answer 9

teachers expect that asian pupils will have a bad grasp of English, therefore these students are often left out of class discussions and overall ignored.

Question 10

FULLER// Students rejecting racist labels

Answer 10

study on year 11 black girls who channelled their anger towards negative labels to achieve academically.

Question 11

MAC AND GHAILL// Students rejecting racist labels

Answer 11

study on black and asian 6th form students, instead of taking on negative label they took on extra activities, proving that sfp is a myth.

Question 12

SEWELL//Black Caribbean boys responses to labelling.

Answer 12

rebels, conformists retreatists, innovators.

Question 13

SEWELL// Rebels

Answer 13

rejected goals and values of school, many saw school as worthless because of myth of meritocracy because of racism.

Question 14

SEWELL//Conformists

Answer 14

were keen to succeed and accepted goals of the school.

Question 15

SEWELL// Retreatists

Answer 15

students who isolated themselves from school

Question 16

SEWELL// Innovators

Answer 16

pro education but anti school

Question 18

MIRZA// young female black pupils

Answer 18

studied young women and men, found that black women did better in exams then black men but their achievements where underestimated, she denies labelling, saying there is racism but it doesn’t have an affect on all black girls.