internal factors Flashcards
(9 cards)
gilbourn and mirza
in one local education authority black childrenn were the highest achievers on entry to primary school yet by the time it came to gcse they were the worst
steve stand
analysis of the entire national cohort of over 530,000 7-11 yr olds. he found that black caribbean boys not entitles to fsm made significantly less progress than thteir white peers
black start vs black finish
if a group can begin their compulsory education as the highest achievers af finish as the lowest this challenges the assuption made by cultural dep theorists that black children enter school unprepared.
the system itself produces ethnic differences in achievement
labelling
to attatch a meaning / definition to someone eg teachers labelling a pupil as a trouble maker or cooperative bright/stupid
black and asian student label
black pupil are seen as disruptive
asians seen as passive
not the “ideal pupil”
gilbourn and youdell
Teachers were quicker to discipline black pupils than others for the same behaviour
result of teachers “racialised expectations”
jenny bourne
schools tend to see black boys as a threat and label them negatively leadinng eventually to exclusion
osler
in addition to higher rates of official exclusion black pupils are more likely to suffer from internal exclusions where they are sent out of class
also more likely to be placed in a pru