Teacher Perceptions & Pupil Identities - Louise Archer (2008)

Question 1

what did Archer research? (1)

Answer 1

• relationship between teacher labelling and how pupils see themselves as a result

Question 2

what are the three main ways being at school shapes the identities of ethnic minorities? (3)
- explin each one in detail on other cards

Answer 2

• ‘ideal pupil identity’
• ‘pathologised pupil identity’
• ‘demonised pupil identity’

Question 3

explain ‘ideal pupil identity’ (3)

Answer 3

• white, middle-class students
• considered to be high achieving
• receive positive re-enforcement

Question 4

explain ‘pathologised pupil identity’ (4)

Answer 4

• asian girls
• regarding passive, quiet characteristics & viewing them as ‘abnormal’ and a ‘cause of concern’
• view these girls as ’culture-bound’ and oppressed by strict home life
• fail to fully embed themselves into wider school life

Question 5

explain ‘demonised pupil identity’ (4)

Answer 5

• black or white, working-class pupils
• viewed as overly sexualised, peer-led, culturally deprived underachievers
• focus on boys, considered to be trouble makers
• self-fulfilling prophecy takes hold

Question 6

Eval for Archer’s classifications (3)

Answer 6

• somewhat simplistic
• isn’t clear what hard evidence Archer used to make these 3 distinctions
• categories could overlap