Education

Question 1

Ethnocentric curriculum

Answer 1

When a curriculum is centred around a culture

For eg. Ours is centred around Britishness: British history, Europe language

Question 2

Marketisation

Answer 2

Treating and marketing schools like a business

Question 3

How can schools prioritise ethnicities through marketisation

Answer 3

Prejudice from 1st school reports
School interviews- bias
Lack of info and applications in their language
BEM parents aren’t familiar with the system

Question 4

What did Fuller say on labelling and ethnicity

Answer 4

Studied group of high achieving black girls
Actively challenged labels by doing well
Did NOT seek teacher approval

Question 5

What did Fuller say on labelling and ethnicity

Answer 5

Studied group of high achieving black girls
Actively challenged labels by doing well
Did NOT seek teacher approval

Question 6

What does Mizra say on labelling and ethnicity

Answer 6

Studied ambitious black girls, but they didn’t achieve
Identified 3 types of teachers:
Colour blind, liberal chauvinists, overt racists

Question 7

What does Mizra say on labelling and ethnicity

Answer 7

Studied ambitious black girls, but they didn’t achieve
Identified 3 types of teachers:
Colour blind, liberal chauvinists, overt racists

Question 8

colour blind teachers

Answer 8

Believed All students were equal but ignored racism

Question 9

Liberal chauvinist teachers

Answer 9

Black pupils are culturally deprived and have low expectations

Question 10

Overt racist teachers

Answer 10

Believe black pupils are inferior and would actively discriminate

Question 11

Sewell on education and ethnicity

Answer 11

Studied black boys strategies to cope with racism
-the rebels
-the conformists
-the retreatists
-the innovators

Question 12

The rebels

Answer 12

Small but influential group who openly hates school, often excluded

Question 13

The conformists

Answer 13

Largest group that tried to fit in and avoid being stereotyped

Question 14

The retreatists

Answer 14

Smallest group who were isolated from schools and subcultures, despised the rebels

Question 15

The innovators

Answer 15

2nd largest group who were anti school but pro education

Question 16

Wright on education and ethnicity

Answer 16

Looks at Asian students
Primary school study
Teachers assumed bad English so would talk to them simplistically and left them out of discussions
Teachers expressed disapproval of customs and when they mispronounce their names