Topic 3-Ethnic Differences In Achievement Internal factors

Question 1

Internal factors(1)

labelling,identities and pupil responses,subcultutre,teachers racist
(Gillborn and Mizra)

Answer 1

black children were the highest achievers on entry to primary school but on GCSE they had the worst results of any ethnic group
=suggest that factors internal to the education system itself may be producing ethnic differences in achievement

Question 2

1 Labelling and Teacher racism

Answer 2

Teachers often label Black and Asian pupils as far from ideal pupil
-eg-black pupil are often seen as distruptive and asian pupil as passive
-negative labels may lead teachers to treat ethnic minority pupils differently=disadvantaging them to failure