Ethnicity - internal factors (subculture + pupil response) Flashcards
What did MIRZA find on her study on ambitious black girls?
They were subject to teacher racism, and the students had high attainment but were blocked in achievement
What did MIRZA’s ambitious black girls unable to form to help their academic achievement?
They were unable to form coping strategies against teacher racism and labelling
What did FULLER’s girls do to reject negative labels?
Black Year 11 girls were viewes as untypical because they were high achievers. They channeled their anger of racism into their work
What are SEWELL’s 4 subcultural black caribbean boy groups?
- rebels
- conformists
- retreatists
- innovators
What are retreatist subculture?
- tiny minority
- disconnected with eduction
What are innovator subculture?
pro education/ anti school and allies with rebels (fullers girls)
What are conformist subculture?
- largest group
- suceeded in school goals
- didn’t want to live up to the demonised pupil stereotype
What are rebel subculture?
- most visible
- minority
- ‘black macho load’ = black masculinity = more sex
- demonised pupil
- hate white boys because they’re too effeminate (ladylike)
EVALUATION: Why does black boys being separated into subcultures have no effect/pointless for being differentiated?
Teachers seems to stereotype all black boys as a ‘macho lad’ anyways
