Cards (8)

    • Sewell identified 4 types of students
      • the rebels: the most visible group but minority of black pupils> they conformed to black stereotypes of ‘black macho lad’
      • The conformist: the largest group who accept the norms and values of the school 
      • The retreatists: minority who were disconnected from both 
      • The innovators: create own culture e.g. fullers girls
    • what were students called who created own culture
      innovators
    • conformists
      follow norms and values
    • disconnected from conformist group and innovators
      retreatists
    • gillbourn and youdell view on racism
      belive in an A-C economy teachers only focus on students who they feel can pass
      • Negative stereotypes about black pupils means they are in lower sets -> self-fulfilling prophecy 
    • summary on gilbourn and youdell view on racism
      • Teachers are quicker to discipline black pupils for the same behaviour as whites 
      • Teachers have racialised expectations-> they expect black pupils to present discipline problems -> misinterpret behaviour as threatening and challenging authority 
      • Black pupils have the highest exclusion rate because they are perceived as a threat 
    • evidence for black pupils achievemenet
      • On entry to primary school black pupils were the highest achiever , at GCSE they have the worst results 
      • Black pupils make less progress than their white peers
      • Teachers assume Asian pupils will have poor English -> leave them out of class discussions and speak in simple English 
      • Express disapproval of custom and mispronounce names