Education - Subcultures: Ethnicity

Question 1

A03 of Sewell

Answer 1

• he believes external factors are cause of underachievement
• institutional racism is bigger cause

Question 2

Tony Sewell - afro caribbean subcultures

Answer 2

subcultures identified:
1. conformists - accept school subcultures
2. innovators - want to succeed but dislike school
3. retreatists - kept to themselves
4. rebels - rejected school, aggressively masculine

RM all boys school
A03 only studied black students but these subcultures could be found across all pupils