Ethnicity + achievement

• Khan :

  • Asian culture = stress ridden + controlling
• Gillborn + Youdell :

  • Teachers = quick to discipline black pupils
  • Racialised expectations = stereotyping
  • Black people = threat
• Driver + Ballard:

  • Asian parents have positive attitude to education
  • Have high aspirations for their children
• Fuller + Mac an Ghail:

  • Students reject negative labelling
  • Black girls channel anger into educational success
  • Remaining in mixed ability black friendship groups
• Sewell:

  • Black boys different responses to negative labelling :
  • Rebels
  • Conformists
  • Retreatists
  • Innovators
• Foster :

  • Stereotyping = black pupils in lower sets