Ethnicity internal factors

Question 1

Labeling and fulfilling prophecy

Answer 1

Racial stereotypes influence teacher labeling
Teachers will assume that black pupils will be disruptive and hopeless and challenge their authority
Given labels like ‘troublemakers’
leads to a self-fulfilling prophecy where they begin to internalize the labels and act accordingly this leads to a lack of motivation in school
ambitious black girls who experienced racism in lessons develop strategies to deal with racism like not taking part in class
this restricted their ability to achieve in schools

Question 2

eval for labeling and self-fulfilling prophecy

Answer 2

Black Caribbean girls in year 11 who were given negative labels
Didnt develop an SFP as they rejected the labels and were determined to succeed

Question 3

Racism in schools

Answer 3

racism is built into the way schools are run
leads to underachievement as they aren’t given the support needed to succeed
lack of ethnic teachers = less representation
more negatively judged

Question 4

Pupil subcultures

Answer 4

due to being racialized by teachers
Rasta heads who felt they had been victims of a teacher racism
Formed subcultures where they arrived late to less intimidated other students and therefore failed at school

Question 5

eval of pupil subcultures

Answer 5

black girls are more likely to form a pro-school subculture
black sisters who had a positive approach to education they turned up late to lessons and did take part in class but still got good grades